By a politically divided 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday rolled back restrictions on corporate, including foreign interests, spending in U.S. Federal campaigns. The decision could unleash a torrent of corporate-funded attack ads in upcoming elections, and equates the rights of corporations with the rights of individual citizens.
A brief examination of commonly held beliefs about “Big Government” vs. the evils and perils of the real culprits, “Big Business” and how they act against the public good. It is time we hold ‘Big Business’ accountable to be be good corporate citizens and to uphold their social responsibility to uphold the public good above greed and profits.
Bank lobby and ‘Big Business’ influence-peddling in Washington is at crisis levels that threatens the U.S. Congress’s constitutional duties to protect the ‘public welfare’ all enemies – foreign AND domestic.