’)Supreme Court Buries Democracy
By: Unwelcome PerspectiveIt's over folks. The nail is in the coffin. Today, January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court overturned a law that limited how much corporations and organizations could donate to political campaigns. So yes, that's right, thanks to a 5-4 decision led by mentally underprivileged Justice Anthony Kennedy, corporations and special interests groups can now donate as much money as they want to help any politician get elected. Which means that your vote, is now worth about as much as a municipal bond in Haiti.
Let's ignore the developmentally disabled logic behind Justice Kennedy's coalition of cum receptacles' decision. Here's the effect this will have on democracy. Already politicians have been bending over and squeezing lube into the palms of corporations and special needs groups, (yes I said special needs) due to past campaign spending laws and the gang bang train-run of lobbyists that ream their way through Capitol Hill every day. But now, when we the people elect a person such as Obama or any other politician, they don't owe us jack. We contributed our votes, but corporations spoke with millions and now probably billions of dollars.
Any person who thinks votes means more than money in the mind of the government must truly enjoy the luxuries of ignorance. If you don't vote, is there a penalty? Does the government raid your house because you didn't head down to the polls to get your democracy on? Fuck no, why would they? But if you don't pay your taxes, what happens? That is the value of your vote compared to the value of your dollar in the eyes of our leaders.
So keep voting and keep donating your 50 dollars to your favorite politicians. They'll be shredding your 20's and ballots to make way for the haystacks of cash that will be coming their way.