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Home | AMERICA | Congress’ Longest Serving Independent Slams Supreme Court

Congress’ Longest Serving Independent Slams Supreme Court

April 5, 2014 by DC Editors 3 Comments

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Longtime independent slams Supreme Court abolishing federal campaign spending limits

Bernie Sanders: Supreme Court is paving the way to an oligarchic society

Raw Story

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to abolish overall federal campaign spending limits, meaning that wealthy individuals now have carte blanche to spend as much as they like to affect the outcomes of voting.

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Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Independent Politicians, Money Politics, Political Lobbying, Socialism and Labor, Supreme Court

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  1. ColorsOfAlgebra says

    April 7, 2014 at 12:50 am

    In Light Of SCOTUS’ Ruling Re: Campaign Contributions
    The 99 Percent’s 501C Collects $250 From Each Taxpayer Collectively Therein To Equal $ 71B To Buy Back US And Purchase Our Own Politicians

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    • Adrian Tawfik says

      April 7, 2014 at 7:30 pm

      Haha that’s awesome. I’ve never heard that idea. Where can I sign up?

      Reply
      • Louise Wenrer says

        March 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm

        Me too!

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