Everyone's heard the saying, "He who has the most gold, makes the rules." Should Corporations rule? Or should the people? Are corporations "People"? Yes, they are made up of people, but do corporate interests reflect the view of the people that make corporations up?
When you look at the average campaign contribution, Republicans have more than their share of million dollar donors.
And Democrats? They have more small donors- less than $250 each.
Should our Supreme Court have ruled that non-voters such as corporations, get to influence our country's direction more, simply because they have more money?
That's not what the Founders thought.
Anti-trust laws were implemented after big oil and big steel tried to take over the government.
Is Wall Street acting in the same irresponsible way today with huge contributions to their lobbyists in Congress- the Republican Party?
The United Corporations of America seems to be becoming our reality. Government by the corporations, for the corporations and of the corporations. Ka-ching!