Imagine how life will be now that giant corporations may spend as much as they want on political campaigns, as the Supreme Court recently decreed. All they will have to do to get their way is ask members of Congress: Do you want our money helping you — or your opponent? Given the sums available to Big Business, most politicians will be desperate to please.So you might think. But consider a state where corporations are already allowed to spend as much as they want on elections: Illinois. Here, companies have established beyond doubt that this prerogative, when combined with $2, will get them…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/11/enhancing_democracy_by_banning_speech_104726.html
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