in all the howling this week about how the election of a Republican to the Senate in Massachusetts was going to kill the hope of a real health care reform bill, we almost missed the even more ominous event yesterday
the Supreme Court -- the one that Bush loaded up with conservative idealogs -- decided that we no longer need to be governed by a democracy
nope, the corporations can now spend as much money as they like to elect the candidates they like
if you've ever worked for a bad boss, you've had a small taste of what this will be like
forget about affordable health care -- and if you think the scare tactics of the summer's discussions of "death panels" were bad, just wait -- the health insurance companies will decide who gets health care -- because they will own the representatives in congress
forget about being able to get a loan if you have a small business -- the bank will decide who gets their money -- because they will own the representatives in congress
get used to $4 a gallon gas -- or $5, or $10 -- the oil companies will decide what the price will be -- because they will own the representatives in congress
you want to put solar panels on your roof to cut your power bill and help clean the air -- forget about it -- that's going to cost you big time to the power company -- because they will own the representatives in congress
you think taxation on the middle class is bad now -- just wait -- the middle class will soon cease to exist under the new taxation while the rich will get the tax breaks -- because they will own the representatives in congress
perhaps we'll just avoid the whole voting thing --- we won't need to have Senators from Arkansas and Washington and Texas and Minnesota -- instead we'll have Senators from Walmart and MicroSoft and Halliburton and United Health Care
if you want to read (or listen to) Keith Olbermann's Special Comment about this issue, use this LINK
if you want to read about Alan Grayson's petition, use this LINK
3 comments:
Thanks for passing this on!!!! It really is a horror!!!!!
Where there's a George Will there's a man thrilled that he finally got his way. And it is wrong, wrong, wrong. Corporations are NOT people and do NOT vote.
--AlisonH at spindyeknit.com
I like the move afoot to make a CEO say on camera, I'm ABC of MegaCorp and I approve this message.
As well as the various other ideas being bandied about, like not allowing companies who have registered lobbyists (and they must be registered) to throw around political donations, etc etc. It'll come out okay, I think now; there's no question that the voters would stand behind any politician who thwarts the obvious outcome of that decision.
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