Today's ruling makes even a guy like Alan Grayson vulnerable to corporations with their billions.
Alan is a self made multi-millionaire worth around $31 million last time I heard and he is about the 10th richest person serving in Congress (maybe ninth after Ted Kennedy's passing) yet even HE will now be vulnerable to corporations and their billions of dollars.
If even a guy like Alan can now be outspent by the likes of Goldman Sachs or General Electric or Lockheed Martin, what chance does any Congressman or Senator have to say "no" to the corporations? If Joe Biden were still in the Senate, what chance would HE have to say no. He was MAYBE worth a million dollars counting his wife and his own assets including their house and probably not even that much.
3. well, in my state we hate big spenders so I comfort myself with that
but yeah, in most places its gonna be awful. Pat Leahy isn't worth anymore than Biden, nor is Sanders. I'm not worried about them or Peter who's also not wealthy.
that...during this administration, there have been numerous rulings to benefit corporations. = Things have been done to benefit big business that the republicans have been trying to put thru for years.
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