The Citizens United case has been discussed on this blog before, and will probably continue to be, because I think that money in politics is one of the biggest problems we have in this country. And ironically, in the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression, there has never been more money spent getting people elected. The revolving door of politicians and lobbyists, lobbying groups effectively writing laws, politicians beholden to the big money givers. . .it's just a gigantic mess. Politicians these days spend more time fundraising and dialing for dollars than they do legislating.
And before I get a comment saying, "Yeah, well Obama's spending a billion dollars to get re-elected!", yes, I'm aware of that. But what is his option? With the campaign laws as they are, neither side has a choice at present. The solution is a constitutional amendment to get the money out of politics.
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