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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is all thanks to CITIZENS UNITED. We have cabals like Freedomworks threatening House members
The pursestringholders are not hiding their clouted threats of outspending all reasonable congressmen and reps. Nobody's even pretending that the voters are being represented.
THAT is taxation without representation. We're living it.
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This is all thanks to CITIZENS UNITED. We have cabals like Freedomworks threatening House members (Original Post)
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Oct 2013
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ChangeUp106
(549 posts)1. Here Here
indepat
(20,899 posts)2. The felonious one never dreamed what criminality would be reaped from what they've
sown.
ReRe
(12,189 posts)3. As bad as we hate it...
... they seem to be running our government now... "America, Inc." If not now, then for sure they will own us if that TPP treaty is passed.
ffr
(23,398 posts)4. Yes. The electorate needs to ignore these powerful rich groups.
Until voters do that, these groups will remain powerful, fulfilling the process of more low-information types electing corporate shills.