Heute um 10:00am EST oeffnete der US-Suprime Court die Fluttore

verfasst von Leserzuschrift, 21.01.2010, 20:35

Heute um 10:00am EST oeffnete der US-Suprime Court die Fluttore


Mit einer 5:4 Mehrheit hebelte der konservative Fluegel des Suprime Courts heute zwei wichtige Regulierungen zur Finanzierung von politischen Parteien und Kandidaten aus. Ab sofort koennen Unternehmen z.B. Kongress-Kandidaten mit Mitteln in unbegrenzter Hoehe finanzieren. Dies hat weitreichende Konsequenzen fuer den politischen Prozess in den USA.


Website des Senators Bernie Sanders:
Court Rules for Corporations

“The ruling is going to open the flood gates for the largest corporations to spend unlimited resources electing those candidates who represent their interests,” Senator Bernie Sanders said. “The ruling will, to a significant degree, give control of the political process in the United States to the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in the world and the candidates who support their agenda. Instead of democracy being about one-person one-vote, it will now be about the size of a company’s bank account. The answer, in my view, is that Congress must move forward aggressively for public funding of elections,”...

http://sanders.senate.gov/

Senator Chuck Schumer

"The bottom line is this: the Supreme Court has just predetermined the winners of next November's elections. It won't be Republicans. It won't be Democrats. It will be corporate America."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/supreme-court-rolls-back_n_431227.html


Weitere Infos bitte "ergoogeln". Suchworte: "Supreme-Cort", "McCain-Feingold"

b.u.V,
Danke und Gruesse,
Calbaer.

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