Elections for Sale | Capital Commentary by Ray Clouser. MGB: The important thing to remember about Citizens United is that rights circumscribe governmental powers. The Court was not glorifying the plutocracy, as some contend. They were saying that imposing power over their speech is a dangerous step that could yield more power to the state.
The answer is not to increase the power of the state over speech but to decrease the power of wealth over society, particularly in the area of employment. Empowering workers to own and control their own companies so that the wealthy can no longer "buy them" would solve a myriad of problems and would not do violence to the Constitution.
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