U.S. senator introduces constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 19824705 United States 03/12/2013 06:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 19824705 United States 03/12/2013 06:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson (chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), ‘You own and control Wall Street. You own and control coal companies. You own and control oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own and control the United States government,’” Sanders said in a statement. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29752788 United States 03/12/2013 06:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson (chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), ‘You own and control Wall Street. You own and control coal companies. You own and control oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own and control the United States government,’” Sanders said in a statement. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19824705 |
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Hard Eight User ID: 35278639 United States 03/12/2013 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson (chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), ‘You own and control Wall Street. You own and control coal companies. You own and control oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own and control the United States government,’” Sanders said in a statement. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19824705 And no mention of Soros? Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. Sam Houston "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian |
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Anonymous Cowherder Stop the inanity! User ID: 6214084 United States 03/12/2013 06:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | where's the amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment, Senator Sanders? oh right, that would actually limit the power of the federal government and return it to the states and we can't have that, right Senator? POS Repeal the 17th Amendment and the Reapportionment Act of 1929! Thread: First steps down the road to a return to the Constitutional Republic that we were intended to be. Restore the Republic. Thread: The Bill of Rights does NOT include age requirements! It's a flower, not something to be feared. - Moo! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 36017217 United States 03/12/2013 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | where's the amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment, Senator Sanders? oh right, that would actually limit the power of the federal government and return it to the states and we can't have that, right Senator? Quoting: Anonymous Cowherder POS The 17th Amendment was one of the worst mistakes this country ever made. |