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minus-squareKalkaline cakelinkfedilink43•8 hours agoIt’s absurd that politicians are allowed to accept campaign contributions from individuals and corporations. Campaigns should be publicly funded.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-27 hours agoCampaigns being explicitly publicly funded would also have the benefit that if the fatcats want to contribute more*, they’d need to pay more taxes! *while still not getting to choose who they’re actually contributing to, because eat the rich
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink3•2 hours agoIt also stops what is going on right now thanks to Citizens United- foreign dark money coming in to influence elections. Because Russia is very likely pumping a lot of money into U.S. elections and they’re probably not the only one. It’s legal, so why not?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•8 hours agoThe corporations is especially crazy. An individual supporting the democratic process makes sense. They are the ones voting. But a business doesn’t vote.
minus-squarePennomilinkfedilinkEnglish17•8 hours agoAn individual supporting with hard limits to prevent a plutocracy makes sense.
minus-squarethemadcodgerlinkfedilink4•6 hours agoBut won’t someone think of the poor corporations?! What about their free speech? Roberts, probably. I didn’t actually read citizens united.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 hours agoIll believe corporations are “people” when one gets executed
minus-squarethemadcodgerlinkfedilink2•2 hours agoI’m all for the corporate death penalty. Need a bailout, sure. C-suite is fired, assets seized, and corporation becomes nationalized. Or something like that. There’s a reason no one has consulted me on the best way to accomplish this.
minus-squarekn0wmad1clinkEnglish2•6 hours agoAmerica has been an oligarchy since corporations were given lobby rights into politics.
It’s absurd that politicians are allowed to accept campaign contributions from individuals and corporations. Campaigns should be publicly funded.
Campaigns being explicitly publicly funded would also have the benefit that if the fatcats want to contribute more*, they’d need to pay more taxes!
*while still not getting to choose who they’re actually contributing to, because eat the rich
It also stops what is going on right now thanks to Citizens United- foreign dark money coming in to influence elections.
Because Russia is very likely pumping a lot of money into U.S. elections and they’re probably not the only one. It’s legal, so why not?
Israel definitely is
The corporations is especially crazy. An individual supporting the democratic process makes sense. They are the ones voting. But a business doesn’t vote.
An individual supporting with hard limits to prevent a plutocracy makes sense.
But won’t someone think of the poor corporations?! What about their free speech?
Ill believe corporations are “people” when one gets executed
I’m all for the corporate death penalty. Need a bailout, sure. C-suite is fired, assets seized, and corporation becomes nationalized.
Or something like that. There’s a reason no one has consulted me on the best way to accomplish this.
America has been an oligarchy since corporations were given lobby rights into politics.