A Mortal Wound to Our Democracy?

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A decision announced today by the U.S. Supreme Court opens the floodgates of corporate dollars and influence on our foundering democracy.  If yesterday you were among those of us ordinary citizens who were already concerned that U.S. corporations held undue influence on national policy, today you should be in orbit with alarm!



Here’s the story as it appears in the Christian Science Monitor.

We have to end privately-financed national campaigns before it is too late to save our democracy.   Are you listening Senators Sanders and Leahy?  Congressman Welch?  

About Sue Prent

Artist/Writer/Activist living in St. Albans, Vermont with my husband since 1983. I was born in Chicago; moved to Montreal in 1969; lived there and in Berlin, W. Germany until we finally settled in St. Albans.

9 thoughts on “A Mortal Wound to Our Democracy?”

  1. I agree with the gravity of the problem, but honestly don’t see this court ruling as terribly concerning.  Honestly, was there a limit on corporate control of candidates and elections?  I personally hadn’t noticed.

    Unless and until campaigns are entirely publicly funded and private money gets out (and maybe still then, too) there will be nothing but big-money interests in campaigns and elections.

  2. The Republicans and FOX are playing the Democrats like a fiddle. It’s pretty embarrassing.  

    Any of the liberal/moderate Supreme Court Justices who want to get out before 2012,could you leave now?  

  3. “About 10% of corporations are gay. Does that mean in most states they can’t legally merge?”

  5. Yeah, the gop and Fox news won again.  We already have the best democracy that money can purchase.  I guess now it will just become a corptocracy, without any resemblance to a democracy.  

  7. Bernie, Pat and Peter need to introduce a remedy.   If the right 5/4 wing wants to go back to the 1800’s, we need to go back to the 1700’s and introduce a Constitutional ammendment that clears up the whole issue of Constitutional Rights being afforded to Corporations.  Judging by the VPR/onpoint audience this morning, the people “get it”.   Next is proxy voting by Exxon in the states that they have registered interests in… On Diebolt machines of course…. in actual exections..

    I doubt it is true, but this decision may have blown a little wind on the smoldering dissent of Campaign Finance Reform and Corporate intrusion.  

    Whatever happened to 1984?

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