clevergirl
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- Oct 22, 2009
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No it doesn't. It allows for unlimited money from corportations and other special interest groups to compete with limited union money.
Public sector unions have been handicapped after WI laws took effect (people voluntarily left).
Citizens United merely gave Corporations and Unions equal footing in elections. Your objections are understandable- but highly hypocritical.
It is true that business interests motivate them to support candidates that are friendly to them- which usually translates to conservative politicians as opposed to liberal ones. But do also note that corporate donations are limited to speech.
That said, it is not like Obama is not well connected in corporate America-he is. Why he is out on the campaign fund raising trail blazing away~ He is doing so at the expense of the tax payer in the most blatant manner. I hope this behavior is not so blatantly repeated when it is Romney's turn to run for his second term- but I also hope if he does, you remember your support of Obama's doing so.
CU gave the advantage to corporations. The unions cannot generate the amount of money for donations that corporations can.
Again, the question is: Do you want a society where the people whose salaries you pay make more than those who pay them?
The Democrats will do anything the government unions ask, because (1) It's not their money they're spending, it's the taxpayers'; and (2) Government unions reciprocate by making sure the Democrats keep getting re-elected.
Public Unions are highly self interested. The politicians that are beholden to them are corrupt- If that means the private sector has an advantage over that kind of monopoly-good! But I digress, the outcome of CU is that it limits donations to speech. Democrats have the advantage of a highly biased media- which again is about speech.
The fact of the matter is, that at the end of the day, both sides have no problem financing and or getting their message out.