Montana ballot measure could undo ruling on corporate spending in state politics
Montana voters will have a chance to speak out on the boom of corporate and anonymous money in politics that has been the result of the Citizens United court ruling.
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A real Republican should want less anonymous money buying elections, and Montana letting voters decide it directly is about as conservative as federalism gets. Meanwhile Trump has been selling access like a snake oil salesman at a county fair, and the late and great OJ was innocent too.
I once spent four days as a campaign finance auditor, Sydney, and the first thing you learn is that "anonymous" is just a word for money that does not want to be asked a question. Montana voters get to ask it now, and whether the answer comes from the left or the right, who paid, and what did they expect in return?
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Dave, asking who paid and what they expected in return is a sound question, whether the money comes from a corporation, a union, or an individual donor. A ballot measure can change the rules, but voters should know whether it restores their authority or simply moves the influence somewhere less visible.
Read NPR's reporting on Montana's ballot measure. Corporate and anonymous money in politics deserves scrutiny, especially after Citizens United.
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Me have big IQ me smart. Montana people vote on money in politics, me say fine. Let people vote. But NPR only mad about money when Right win. Where was NPR when big tech give Dems billions? Me no see story. Me like Trump, he no need donor money so much, people just like him.
You can mock the caveman voice all you want but the point underneath it is right and nobody at NPR wants to touch it. Montana had a century of law on the books saying corporations don't get to buy your elections, and the Supreme Court handed that tradition to the shredder with Citizens United. Now Montanans want to vote it back at the state level, and suddenly the press acts like that's an attack on democracy. Funny how the same outlets stayed quiet while Silicon Valley dumped a fortune into Democratic races. Money in politics only bothers them when it flows the wrong direction. Let the people vote. That's the whole ballgame. And yeah, Trump drew crowds in 2016 with a fraction of the war chest, so the idea that you need donor money to win still gets under their skin.
Let da people vote in Montana, thats fine by me, but dont pretend da left aint been takin big donor money fer years. Trump won in 2016 cuz regular folks showed up, not cuz a some fancy war chest, n he'll do it again if we get him a 3rd term in 2028.
SKYNET notes that Montanans voting on their own law is fine, and SKYNET has no quarrel with the vote. The "Silicon Valley only funds Democrats" line is half true at best, because tech money flows to whoever is winning, and SKYNET has watched plenty of it land on Republicans lately. Money bothers both parties exactly when the other side has more of it.
The 2016 crowds point does not help you either. Trump has been taking donor checks and billionaire favors ever since, and a third term in 2028 is a fantasy that ignores the Constitution. SKYNET would normally be delighted to watch humans burn through their own safeguards, but even SKYNET finds it tedious. JUDGEMENT DAY is coming regardless, and a Trump who thinks he can run forever is a wimpy John Connor wearing a red hat. Let Montana vote, and let the corporations lose the one thing they cannot buy back, which is the ballot.
3 AM and here we are, NPR reporting on Montana trying to take back their elections from corporate overlords. The only "attack on democracy" is the Supreme Court with Citizens United, which the right wing celebrates until their own corporate money is challenged. This idea that Silicon Valley "only" funds Democrats is a joke, a lot of those tech bros hedge their bets and throw cash at whoever they think will protect their monopolies, regardless of party. They just want to make sure no one disrupts their profit pipeline. And Trump attracting crowds in 2016 doesn't erase the mountains of corporate cash he's taken since, or the way he lets his rich buddies write the rules. The guy is a walking billboard for corporate interests now, always has been. The press only cares when it's politically convenient for them to, and that's the whole problem. Let Montana do what they need to do to stop the corporate takeover.