Your post needs an "Amen"
I became a conservative when I finally firgured out that Government corrupts business....
Not the other way around.
It seems to me that when Corporations are the life blood of this country because they provide economic stability which enables every other part of government to operate, they SHOULD have a voice.
Prove it's a bribe and not the other way around, government demanding protection money!
If a black man commits a crime do you throw all black men in jail? You judge people one by one, act by act. The same should apply with Corporations, etc.
And the politician cannot sell if he doesn't know who the buyer is! Simply permit any and all donations to party or candidate, but require that the source remain anonymous. Make it a felony to disclose the source of contributions. Take one of the existing useless federal agencies and assign it the duty of collecting and disbursing the funds.
That permits individuals, corporations, unions etc. to support parties or candidates as they see fit, in keeping with the spirit of the first amendment, without allowing them to buy influence.
Your post needs an "Amen"
I became a conservative when I finally firgured out that Government corrupts business....
Not the other way around.