Community | March 18, 2010 | 12 comments

Don’t Let Big Oil Spend Millions Electing Its Friends

source: http://www.change.org/actions/view/dont_let_big_oil_spend_millions_electing_its_friends

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"A disastrous Supreme Court ruling has removed any restrictions on how much money big corporations like ExxonMobil can spend to elect their friends to public office.

This means that profit-driven Big Polluters can now spend unlimited amounts on elections, drowning out the voices of the majority of Americans who support clean energy and a healthy environment.

Consider what kind of damage this ruling could cause: In the 2007-2008 election cycle, before this catastrophic Supreme Court ruling, ExxonMobil spent just $800,000 on election activities due to existing restrictions. With these limits no longer in place, Exxon's record-breaking profits could be tapped without restraint. If Exxon diverted just two percent of their $45 billion in 2008 profits to electoral activities, they could outspend the Obama and McCain campaigns combined."


This represents carte blanche for the corporations and their dominion will continue stronger than ever.
We must act now and write to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House:
http://www.change.org/actions/view/dont_let_big_oil_spend_millions_electing_its_...



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12 comments // Don’t Let Big Oil Spend Millions Electing Its Friends

  • shizzam
  • tenletterz
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  
    • tenletterz:

      What is a, "Chink"? Is that a dent in armor? Or is that a racist term used to describe a particular society? I am confused about the term moron? So you are calling people morons while you use racist terms. That seems like an intellectual stance.

      So you want to allow the oil companies to drill off of California while the Republican governor doesn't want to allow them too? Do you have some secret insight?

    • 1 year ago
  • GodsnLiberals
  • CaptB
  • CaptB
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      CaptB  

    • This interpretation of the law passed down by the supreme court and its right wing bias allows the republicans to receive unfettered amounts of money for elections. This is insane to even think about. If a corporation is construed as a private individual, then they should technically be allowed to run for office? Someone is attempting it now to prove a point. I believe Murphy is his name, I believe on the East Coast.

      So if the pharmaceutical, oil, or insurance industries do not care for a particular policy what is to say that they can't buy their votes and control politicians? With an unlimited stream of cash it seems unethical. It allows the scale to definitely be weighted towards the republicans who favor big business.

      I have read in history where Rome and Germany have made decisions that shocked me. Heck, we had slavery in this country and we passed laws to allow it. It saddens me...no, it sickens me!

    • 1 year ago
  • GodsnLiberals
  • courage
  • PressCore
  • st333rn
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      st333rn  

    • How can American people allow a government that legally says money is a form of speech? This completely takes away equality of oppurtunity.

    • 1 year ago
  • lookatmypix
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    • "Perhaps Justice Kennedy didn't hear that the financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation and other policy decisions that led directly to the current financial collapse, according to a 231-page report titled: "Sold Out: How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America" (See: WallStreetWatch.org).
      The Center for Responsive Politics reported that last year the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $144 million to influence Congress and state legislatures.
      The Center also reported big lobbying expenditures by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) which spent $26 million in 2009. Drug companies like Pfizer, Amgen and Eli Lilly also poured tens of millions of dollars into federal lobbying in 2009. The health insurance industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) also spent several million lobbying Congress. No wonder Single Payer Health insurance - supported by the majority of people, doctors, and nurses - isn't moving in Congress.
      Energy companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron are also big spenders. No wonder we have a national energy policy that is pro-fossil fuel and that does little to advance renewable energy (See: OpenSecrets.Org).
      No wonder we have the best Congress money can buy."
      http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17193

    • 1 year ago
  • GodsnLiberals
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