SCOTUS Ruling re: Campaign Donations - Democratic Underground

SHRED

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Sat Jun-26-10 09:23 AM
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SCOTUS Ruling re: Campaign Donations

The retort from the rightwing in this country, in defense of last Winter's ruling by the SCOTUS, seems to boil down to, "Well, labor unions will also be free to spend unlimited funds".

Check out this graph and tell me this is anything close to a fair fight.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/06/research_desk_responds_mo_mone_1.html

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/incdec.php

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Scuba

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Sat Jun-26-10 09:25 AM
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1. Good stuff for fighting fiction with facts. Thanks. n/t

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Earth Bound Misfit

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Sat Jun-26-10 09:27 AM
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2. Rec'd & Bookmarked, thanks!

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Omaha Steve

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Sat Jun-26-10 10:45 AM
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3. K #5

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