Under No Circumstances Should Corporate “Free Speech” Be Allowed to Hold Sway Over the Free Speech Rights of the Individual: Campaign Finance Reform is Dead

I’m not too happy about the recent Supreme Court decision which allows for unlimited corporate spending on political campaigns.

There should be limits on corporate donations, to prevent a conflict of interest as a potential political candidate may be called upon to cast a vote on an issue that directly impacts a corporation that has made a huge donation.  The corporation may be able to exercise undue influence on said candidate by threatening not to make a huge donation to the candidate’s next campaign.

But more importantly, the rights of the individual are sacrosanct.   Under no circumstances should the free speech and voting rights of the individual be lessened by the increased donation power of the corporations.  Money has a way of influencing votes of our representatives in both houses of Congress.  Corporations can now influence our Congressional leaders MUCH more than the individual.

No good can come of this.