Yesterday, January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) effectively declared that corporations (already considered, via a legal fiction, to be a "person" under the law) could donate money to political campaigns.
Let me back up for a moment. They've been able to donate money to political parties for a long time, but now they can donate money to specific candidates. Lots and lots of money. Millions, even.
Even Michael Bloomberg, billionaire mayor of New York City, wouldn't have enough money to counteract a Halliburton sponsored political opponent.
Do you want a Citigroup lap-dog running YOUR town? (not that you don't have one already, but I'm jes' sayin', is all.)
Corporations can now (and will) pack Congress with congresscritters to their liking. Congresscritters who will give even more blowjobs to big business, big oil, big pharma.
If you thought the United States was already fucked, you don't know jackshit.
So bend over and smile. 'Cause you ain't even gonna get kissed while you're getting fucked.
Oh, and it's only a matter of time before corporate America goes back to the Supreme Court to ask for a finding that they may VOTE, too.
But you will never see Goldman Sachs lining up for jury duty... or Citigroup rushing off to join the Navy.
No. That you will never see.
Corporations take, but they never give. Except to politicians who deliver.
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And what do we average citizens do when the highest court in the land has turned over control of the country to corporations?
Something I read today said, "proving once again the Republican party theory that One Dollar = One Vote. And One Million Dollars = One Million Votes."
You and me? We're screwed.
I mean, I've had a vague sense for decades that our votes really didn't count for much - that Congress, in particular, but now, clearly, the courts, too, are owned and operated by powerful lobbies backed by big [fill in the blanks].
No hope. No point. We got derailed a long time ago. I might join the teabaggers. The GAY teabaggers.
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