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ProSense

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6. Yes

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 09:33 AM

Jul 2012

That has absolutely nothing to do with the issue.

Trying to conflate this with free speech is bullshit.

A book is not the public airwaves, which is what the influx of corporate money is designed to abuse.

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"Corporations are people, my friend"? [View all] ProSense Jul 2012 OP

TAX contributions over five thousand dollars at the fifteen percent rate. MADem Jul 2012 #1

It's illegal for corporations to make campaign contributions in Federal elections, Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #10

I'm talking about PAC money, individual money, money from any legal resource. MADem Jul 2012 #24

I'm for public financing of elections, with no other monetary sources. Deep13 Jul 2012 #2

Full campaign finance reform. n/t ProSense Jul 2012 #3

+1 Scuba Jul 2012 #4

Would you allow a corporation to publish a book that criticized an election candidate Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #5

Yes ProSense Jul 2012 #6

So you're OK with a corporation spending a billion dollars to send a book to every voter Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #7

Yeah, ProSense Jul 2012 #8

How about cable TV? On-demand? Satellite? Youtube channels? Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #9

Are you being obtuse? ProSense Jul 2012 #11

Actually I didn't. So I Googled it. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #12

Good ProSense Jul 2012 #14

My feeling is that if the book is published in the usual way... Deep13 Jul 2012 #19

I prefer the full disclosure route to the book-banning route (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #21

Me too. But I do support banning corporate money for books. Deep13 Jul 2012 #22

Ordinary people can pool their resources with other like-minded folk. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #23

I have the same position as the ACLU on this. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #13

Honestly, that's why I no longer support the ACLU. Deep13 Jul 2012 #20

Interesting that we have one poster who totally support Citizens United. GoneOffShore Jul 2012 #15

Here's the ACLU's explanation of why they support it. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #16

I know they did - And it's one of the few times when I have not been happy with the ACLU. GoneOffShore Jul 2012 #17

Here's a ProSense Jul 2012 #18