“I hope we shall… crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of our country.”~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan. November 12, 1816
Here is a link to the Supreme Court opinion on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [pdf]. Read it for yourself. But for my part:
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It’s been some 15 years since I’ve been poisoned to the notion that corporations or associations have the same rights as individual folks do.
Here’s Keith’s grandiose comment, which has in it many fair points:
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