Getting rid of Citizens United wouldn't stop what Bloomberg and Steyer are doing [View all]

[CalFione]

Even before the Citizens United decision, there was never any limit to how much PERSONAL wealth a candidate could spend on their own campaign.

If Citizens United were thrown out tomorrow, Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer could still spend as much money as they wanted on the campaign.

And I don't believe there will ever be a SCOTUS, even if it were made up of 9 liberal justices, that would rule it is constitutional to block a person from spending their OWN money on a campaign.

So... the only way to beat billionaires is at the ballot box. We can keep them from funding other people's campaigns by overturning Citizens United, but we can't stop them from funding their own.