Monday, June 21, 2010

Exclusive NRA Deal for Campaign Law?


That would be a terrible idea.

http://www.slate.com/id/2242209/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMk0dI8XHnY

I believe that despite verbiage such as "privately owned," businesses are not truly, and should not as a legal matter be considered, "private" in the sense of individuals' right to privacy. By their nature, businesses must be "open to the public" and "operate in the public sphere" in order to profit, which is, by definition, their *only* purpose. They are properly considered public, not private entities for legal purposes.

Five of the nine members of the Supreme Court were wrong in FEC vs Citizens United. I do not "disagree," five members of the Supreme Court are wrong about that, either due to malice, or incompetence and stupidity. 80% of Americans are right, and I am among them.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2010/02/in-supreme-court-ruling-on-campaign-finance-the-public-dissents.html

We have the right to impose much stricter rules on how they go about their profit seeking than rules the government may impose on how you and I conduct our life, pursue our happiness, and so forth. That includes the right to impose rules forcing businesses to make all information available about how they spend money to corrupt the government in their favor. And if "lobbying" was anything less sleazy than that, then no lobbyists would be objecting to full disclosure.
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