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18% reporting:
Yes: 36%
No: 64%
Update: Associated Press; Issue 2 has failed; the people of Ohio have repealed the anti-union law!
18% reporting:
Yes: 36%
No: 64%
Update: Associated Press; Issue 2 has failed; the people of Ohio have repealed the anti-union law!
An outcome the people of Ohio knew was coming six months ago. (Note the Unions didn't even try to storm the Statehouse) This taxpayer defeat simply means we keep the status quo. (also that more Ohioans will move South and/or West)
Although I am troubled by the practical and political implication of the ruling, however inadvertent, there is no evidence of bad faith on the part of the majority to provide a given political party or philosophy an advantage.Special interests are harming our country, and you can thank those five members of the USSC for allowing unlimited funds to flood the election process. Citizens United V. FEC is a wrong-headed decision which threatens our Republic.
If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech. If the antidistortion rationale were to be accepted, however, it would permit Government to ban political speech simply because the speaker is an association that has taken on the corporate form. The Government contends that Austin permits it to ban corporate expenditures for almost all forms of communication stemming from a corporation. See Part IIE, supra; Tr. of Oral Arg. 66 (Sept. 9, 2009); see also id. , at 2631 (Mar. 24, 2009). If Austin were correct, the Government could prohibit a corporation from expressing political views in media beyond those presented here, such as by printing books. The Government responds that the FEC has never applied this statute to a book, and if it did, there would be quite [a] good as-applied challenge. Tr. of Oral Arg. 65 (Sept. 9, 2009). This troubling assertion of brooding governmental power cannot be reconciled with the confidence and stability in civic discourse that the First Amendment must secure.
Political speech is indispensable to decisionmaking in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an individual. Bellotti, 435 U. S., at 777 (footnote omitted); see ibid. (the worth of speech does not depend upon the identity of its source, whether corporation, association, union, or individual); Buckley , 424 U. S., at 4849 ([T]he concept that government may restrict the speech of some elements of our society in order to enhance the relative voice of others is wholly foreign to the First Amendment ); Automobile Workers , 352 U. S., at 597 (Douglas, J., dissenting); CIO , 335 U. S., at 154155 (Rutledge, J., concurring in result).
CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMM’N
18% reporting:
Yes: 36%
No: 64%
Update: Associated Press; Issue 2 has failed; the people of Ohio have repealed the anti-union law!
An outcome the people of Ohio knew was coming six months ago. (Note the Unions didn't even try to storm the Statehouse) This taxpayer defeat simply means we keep the status quo. (also that more Ohioans will move South and/or West)
Sour grapes make sour whine.
It's not their job to serve the taxpayer well, it's their job to serve their members well. Why do you hate a business just for doing it's job? Why do you hate people for pursuing their own success?
What's the difference between corporations and unions making political donations?If the collective bargaining rights of public unions are breaking the banks, then I would say they have to vote yes, the sustainability of the City/State is what's more important, not lining the pockets of Union Bosses to kick money into politicians like john glenns pockets. Special interests is what is killing this country.
Special interests are harming our country, and you can thank those five members of the USSC for allowing unlimited funds to flood the election process. Citizens United V. FEC is a wrong-headed decision which threatens our Republic.
Liberals say people should be thankful for those things.An outcome the people of Ohio knew was coming six months ago. (Note the Unions didn't even try to storm the Statehouse) This taxpayer defeat simply means we keep the status quo. (also that more Ohioans will move South and/or West)
Sour grapes make sour whine.
Sour budget, sour economy, sour burden on the taxpayer etc etc. It's why people flee to freer States.
not my concern, i dont live there.
It's not their job to serve the taxpayer well, it's their job to serve their members well. Why do you hate a business just for doing it's job? Why do you hate people for pursuing their own success?
So why do the fucking idiots on the left hate banks for being successful? As least as a consumer, I can choose a different bank - as a taxpayer I am stuck with those fucking public employee unions stealing my money, all I can do is move to another state.
Congratulations to the fucking morons of Ohio, you've just expedited your path down the RI route into bankruptcy, well done idiots....
What's the difference between corporations and unions making political donations?If the collective bargaining rights of public unions are breaking the banks, then I would say they have to vote yes, the sustainability of the City/State is what's more important, not lining the pockets of Union Bosses to kick money into politicians like john glenns pockets. Special interests is what is killing this country.
Special interests are harming our country, and you can thank those five members of the USSC for allowing unlimited funds to flood the election process. Citizens United V. FEC is a wrong-headed decision which threatens our Republic.
That doesn't answer my question.What's the difference between corporations and unions making political donations?Special interests are harming our country, and you can thank those five members of the USSC for allowing unlimited funds to flood the election process. Citizens United V. FEC is a wrong-headed decision which threatens our Republic.
Unions represent working people and corporations represent the wealthy.
Wall Street ran a $516 trillion dollar derivatives Ponzi scheme that destroyed the world economy, and no one went to jail for it.
That doesn't answer my question.What's the difference between corporations and unions making political donations?
Unions represent working people and corporations represent the wealthy.
Unions represent working people and corporations represent the wealthy.
Union donations help working people and corporate donations enrich the wealthy.
So? Don't both groups have the same freedoms?That doesn't answer my question.Unions represent working people and corporations represent the wealthy.
Union donations help working people and corporate donations enrich the wealthy.
The people of Ohio has spoken.
Lets wait and see how loud they speak when their taxes go up to pay 100% of the benefits and retirement for the Public Sector workers.
Victory for the Unions?? Possibly but definetly a not a victory for the taxpayers of Ohio. Too bad they didn't realize that before casting their votes. I guess they fell for that "Collective Bargaining Right" BS.
Oh well. Glad I dont' live in Ohio.