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How is he an activist if his interpretation is closer to the original intent?
It blows me away that you hold this position when the damaging results of corporate money in the political process have been so transparent- and transparently evident in issues you seem to care about.
And it blows me away that you continue to miss the fact that a decision the other way would have done nothing to address that.
If you've got a problem with corporate donations, why don't you express that to the groups who are making the donations and to the people who are accepting them? Could it be because the vast majority of them are going to Democrats, and you're not opposed to that?
http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...ng-political-campaigns-13.html#post1058508983
Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2010
1 AT&T Inc $44,027,485
2 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $41,751,311
3 National Assn of Realtors $35,438,725
4 Goldman Sachs $31,413,462
5 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $31,359,957
6 American Assn for Justice $31,319,029
7 National Education Assn $30,068,167
8 Laborers Union $28,814,400
9 Service Employees International Union $27,911,232
10 Carpenters & Joiners Union $27,769,683
11 Teamsters Union $27,684,624
12 Communications Workers of America $26,992,076
13 Citigroup Inc $26,983,588
14 American Federation of Teachers $26,282,491
15 American Medical Assn $26,280,223
16 United Auto Workers $25,767,002
17 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $25,105,777
18 National Auto Dealers Assn $24,253,708
19 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $24,088,333
20 United Parcel Service $24,064,929
The top 20 donors in all of politics over the past 20 years are:
1 - Corporation
2 - Union
3 - Association of workers in an industry
4 - Corporation
5 - Union
6 - Association of workers in an industry
7 - Union
8 - Union
9 - Union
10 - Union
11 - Union
12 - Union
13 - Corporation
14 - Union
15 - Association of workers in an industry
16 - Union
17 - Union
18 - Association of workers in an industry
19 - Union
20 - Corporation
If you look at the distribution of money, only 5 of those 20 give more to Republicans than Democrats, with the largest split being 67-31. In contrast, 15 give more to Democrats than Republicans, with 14 of them giving more than 90% of their donations to Democrats. 7 of the unions give less than 2% of their donations to Republicans.