Senators Introduce Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne of the overarching themes of the 99 Percent Movement is that our democracy is too corrupted by corporate special interests. This corruption was worsened last year by the Supreme Court\u2019s Citizens U…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The cynic in me knows that money always finds a way in the electoral process. Decades of campaign finance reform made that clear. But with the SCOTUS decisions that (a) money = free speech and (b) corporations are people who should have unlimited spending ("free speech"), affairs have gotten completely out of hand. 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