07-28-2016, 05:41 PM
(07-28-2016, 05:25 PM)Millhouse Wrote: What you referred to earlier is basically pacs & superpacs. The issue with superpacs is they can take any amount of money and use it for or against a candidate, as long as they are not directly involved with the campaign itself. And the issue of that is this where big money from corporate murica, oil, alcohol, tobacco, guns, unions, billionaires, millionaires, to whatever can have unlimited amount of influence on an election.
You mentioned you will vote for Garys Johnson, but these superpacs would bury him with their ads & influence if he ever became a legitimate threat to their big money interests. And if he cant get any superpacs of his own, he will never stand a chance on the modern presidential election stage. I dont know about you, but I dont think this current system as of today is fair to him or anyone else who might actually be the best choice.
Take the NRA since they are huge. There isn't some rich guy throwing around money. It's millions of people's money collected in one place. There are plenty of superpacs that would support Gary Johnson, and plenty that would support Jill Stein. My hope is this election gives some of these candidates some traction to bring some of these PACs in.
For me, as far as I'm concerned, the fact that you have to spend money on something does not negate your free speech rights. I can stand on a corner and denounce Hillary all I want, but I can't pay money to denounce her on TV in a commercial spot that is for sale?
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