As is now being widely reported, Congressman Ed Markey made this statement on Tuesday about the Citizens United ruling: “The Constitution must be amended. The Dred Scott decision had to be repealed; we have to repeal Citizens … [Read more...]
My Goodness – The parade is forming!
I am so happy to hear that the people in the audience can enthusiastically and confidently enlighten Mr. Romney and anyone else who might be standing nearby. Yes people, the parade is forming. Here's hoping that soon it will be marching … [Read more...]
Your Candidate, Paid for by Corporate America
Americans are about to experience their first election under new the campaign finance regime outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, Citizens United v. FEC. The decision basically said that corporations have the same right to … [Read more...]
What’s fair is fair
Or is it?Larry Bartels of Princeton shows that more often than not average Americans side with businesses and the wealthy in tax debates--voting for tax cuts they will never receive and against tax increases they will not pay:“What is … [Read more...]
Pres. Obama: Citizens United “strikes at our democracy itself”
President Obama's weekly address today blasted the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in the Citizens United case that struck down the McCain-Feingold restrictions on corporate spending in elections. In overruling the Austin v. Michigan Chamber … [Read more...]
Well… it was a nice democracy, while it lasted…
Citizens United tried, in the District Court, to make this a 'facial test' and, basically, were laughed at. So they dropped the facial challenge and brought it to the Supremes as an 'as applied' challenge ('facial challenge' is … [Read more...]
There’s A Robbery In Progress…
This year someone is stealing $6,500 from your family. It's a perfect crime because you don't even realize it. Before you get your paycheck, they take the money out of it and give it to insurance companies and hospitals and … [Read more...]
The difference between a fiscally conservative Democrat and a Republican.
When Republicans talk about wasteful spending, they are talking about taxpayer dollars being used for social programs such as Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, etc. They would like to see the programs end entirely. When a … [Read more...]
Rich Executives Have Bled the Boston Globe Dry
NYTimes executives have kept the same salaries even as ad revenues have declined. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr, whose family controls the Times through a special class of shares, will earn about $1.09 million this year, according to a … [Read more...]
Throttle Our Corporate Princes
Cross-post note: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts, replete with prissy art.Coming through American Management Associations, Inc. Magazine and the business press, I have been stunned by the self-delusion and mass delusion that has … [Read more...]