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Old 11-06-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by whell View Post
Actually, the funds flow through PAC's. However, i've said this before and I'll say it again:

If you want to deny corporations the opportunity to participate in the political process, then you also need to apply the same standard to PAC's. Frankly, I'd be all for that, but I suspect this is why you don't see the politicos rushing to write laws that would turn back the Supreme Court's ruling on this.
In the majority ruling Justice Kennedy wrote that it was unkilely that we would see corruption because of the ruling - anyone that naive should not be on the court.
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