Ted Deutch wants to stifle free speech

BIZPACReview.com ^ | 5/21/2012 | John R. Smith

[SmileRight]

Ted Deutch has passed the point of merely being wobbly on business issues. The Florida congressman is now firmly entrenched in the anti-business ranks of the Beltway.

Deutch crossed the line when he introduced a bill in the U.S House to silence the financial voice of American business in our elections process. He is proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning businesses, and political groups created by businesses, from contributing money to political candidates at the federal, state and local levels. Deutch would also forbid spending money to influence the outcome of ballot issues. He believes that businesses should be denied their First Amendment rights to free political speech.

We all know that our Constitution prohibits government from curtailing freedom of speech. Thirty-five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that restrictions on political spending were an abridgement to political speech. The Justices reasoned that if government restricted the amount of money a person or a group could “spend on political communication during a campaign,” ...

[SmileRight]

The bill in question is H.J.RES.82 and it appears he has no co-sponsors. However, that spawned another, H.J.RES.92, which has 5 co-sponsors. Anyone hear anything about this in the MSM? Amazing what they'll do in DC when nobody's looking.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:11:./temp/~bdL9Lk:@@@L&summ2=m&|/bss/|

[Red Badger]

Won’t happen...........

[TheBigIf]

It is amazing how fascist the democrat party has become. They will now openly try to use law even to stifle and punish their political opponents.

Are you for capitalism? No free speech for you!!!!

Do you support morality and public decency? No free speech for you!!!

Try adding big money political groups like the Sierra Club, Code Pink or MoveOn.org to this ban and see how fast this fascist congresssman changes his tune about how big money groups can influence elections.

[edcoil]

Lets hope no one gives him any money for his election.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks SmileRight.

[muir_redwoods]

People have a first amendment right to free speech

People who band together, like the Leftist groups, Sierra Club, NAACP or ACLU retain their right to free speech.

Leftists believe that if we band together in groups like Mobil Oil, Ford Motors or S&W we have no free speech rights at all.

Do you follow their “logic”?

[mosesdapoet]

What’s his district and who is his opponent ?

[sickoflibs]

You can file this 'going no-place' liberal constitutional amendment with all the phony ones Republicans promise to pass, like weasel Graham-nesty’s Amendment to remove birthright citizenship to illegals.

I been watch libs closely on this at MSNBC and the joke is that they exempt the MSM from the ‘corporations’ who they take away the freedom of speech away from.

In other words :
1) Those ads about Obama and Rev Wright would be regulated
2) That Post front page article on Romney's bully childhood would be exempt.

Call it moral bankruptcy posing as Fairness.

[SmileRight]

He’s in FL’s 19th District, mostly central to southern Palm Beach County, runs into Broward. It’s a heavily Democratic district and unfortunately I live in it. Other than one unknown Dem and a few NPA’s, a woman by the name of Anna M. Trujillo from Broward is running as a Republican. She ran before, didn’t get much traction.

[Daveinyork]

I’ll give him credit for realizing that he needs a Constitutional amendment to stifle freedom. Most progressives just ignore the Constitution. I include drug warriors in that group.

[pallis]

When these Marxists get through killing Capitalism, there won’t be anything to support them.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Boehner would like it.

[kevkrom]

Try adding big money political groups like the Sierra Club, Code Pink or MoveOn.org to this ban and see how fast this fascist congresssman changes his tune about how big money groups can influence elections.

Forget all of them... you only need one: unions.

[dead]

I can fix the "money in politics" problem in two steps.

• Only individuals who are eligible to vote can donate money.
• All contributions are made public with full disclosure.

Foreign money out. PACs out. Lobbyists out. Corporate and union contributions out. Everybody knows exactly who is giving how much money to whom and can evaluate any politicians actions as the relate to their campaign contributions. Problem solved.

[Impy]

Still okay for unions though right? Cause they’re not run like the mafia or anything like that...

[Impy]

His new seat is the 21st. (he still represents the current 19th of course)

Poltics1.com doesn’t list any Republican running for his seat, just a “progressive” independent.

You’re right it’s too far out of range for a Republican to win (64% Obama in 2008) but that’s still a large GOP minority it, would be nice to have a candidate.

That woman you mentioned has a (lousy) website up, but she may not have filed yet. Filing deadline is June 8th.

[mosesdapoet]

Filing how many signatures does she need?
If you live in her district why not circulate her petition ?