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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Corporate Campaign Contributions [View all]AllyCat
(16,145 posts)20. Still, I have a hard time with money = speech.
People and groups should be able to speak their minds within reason without retribution. But contributing to campaigns is crazy. Those with the most money have more speech than others.
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Corporate Campaign Contributions [View all]
Purveyor
Feb 2013
OP
As an individual I also am more limited in how far and wide I can spread my message compared
onenote
Feb 2013
#54
I just explained that regulation of speech is and always has been permissible if justified by a
onenote
Feb 2013
#21
Corporations have privileges that are and should be defined by federal and state laws.
NYC Liberal
Feb 2013
#57
Corporations aren't people - they're giant profit-obsessed monsters pretending to be people.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#5
They are legal entities, existing only paper and they exist for the sole purpose
ProfessionalLeftist
Feb 2013
#25