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dickthegrouch

(4,693 posts)
6. Money most certainly enables speech
Sun Sep 1, 2024, 06:06 PM
Sep 2024

If I fund a campaign I am enabling that campaign to speak for me.
That should be allowed within local or State jurisdictions for those that live there. Even Undocumented residents should be able to have someone speak on their behalf, even if their cause is unpopular.
Ever since the egregious influx of money for Proposition 8 in 2008 in California, which caused same sex marriage to be banned for several more years, by meddling Catholics and Mormons, I have been VERY suspicious of even out of State money. I refuse on principal to give any money either to external campaigns or candidates.
Unfortunately Act Blue doesn't allow me to say so, and they give my number to every campaign in the country.

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Appointed by Dubyah. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2024 #1
So if a Russian billionaire was living in Ohio, he could pump OnDoutside Sep 2024 #2
In theory, yes, but wouldn't that be redundant? Eugene Sep 2024 #3
But the domestic billionaire is a citizen (as horrible as they may be) ? OnDoutside Sep 2024 #15
Non-citizens can't vote. That's not the issue at hand. Eugene Sep 2024 #17
No, I know they can't vote but they shouldn't be allowed OnDoutside Sep 2024 #19
If said billionaire was legally in US ... mwooldri Sep 2024 #5
That Russian billionaire does need to donate, via himself. republianmushroom Sep 2024 #8
Is this person a green card holder? kansasobama Sep 2024 #14
Isn't it odd though ? OnDoutside Sep 2024 #16
That is the truth kansasobama Sep 2024 #18
Apart from Native Americans that is !!! OnDoutside Sep 2024 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Pinback Sep 2024 #4
Money most certainly enables speech dickthegrouch Sep 2024 #6
So the US government is protecting the "free speech" of people who aren't US citizens? FakeNoose Sep 2024 #7
Citizens United, a SCOTUS ruling, allows this dark money. And so across the country, foreign nationals ancianita Sep 2024 #9
The People includes non-citizens.... reACTIONary Sep 2024 #10
Immigration Law Panel Debates "Who Has the Right to Free Speech?" reACTIONary Sep 2024 #11
The "government" of Ohio is a joke. mwb970 Sep 2024 #12
I have a counter view kansasobama Sep 2024 #13
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