I think it's the education level of the general population, and limitation
of corporate money influencing politics and media.
I think I am the only one who will say, I will not
accept corporate money, win or lose — well win the primary — I will not accept it.
Until the early 1980s, the practice of buying shares
with corporate money was considered borderline illegal because it was thought to potentially open the company up to charges of manipulating share prices.
A central point of debate in recent years has been what
role corporate money plays and should play in democratic politics.
If the Warriors stay, they won't have trouble
finding corporate money, and it would just get easier and easier over time.
The problem of
corporate money polluting state judicial election campaigns has long been recognized as a fundamental problem for our democratic government.
The mask has dropped, if just for a moment, from the man we know as viscerally hostile to any kind of activist government, contemptuous of three generations of Canadian nation - building and, perhaps, most important in this particular instance, a man who spent much of his political life defending the influence of
corporate money in politics.
Matt has also repeatedly denounced the other candidates for being corporate - funded and, as a Green, won't
take corporate money donations.
The term is shorthand for a Supreme Court decision that gave corporations much of the same right to political speech as individuals have, thus removing virtually any restriction
on corporate money in politics.
Former Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay was sentenced to a three - year jail term today for illegally
funneling corporate money into Texas state House races, a ruling that ends a near - decade long legal and political battle for the former House majority leader.
«The 6th District and America need to stop big
corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.
«It is tantamount to political suicide for the Republican Party in this state [to change the LLC loophole] because they believe it
ends corporate money, and only union money would come into the system, which would help Democrats,» the governor told The New York Times in 2016 when discussing the demise of his reform bill that year.
Campaign Finance Board spokesman Matthew Sollars said it «reduces the influence of deep - pocketed special interests and
keeps corporate money out of our elections.»
Please don't link to the NY Times, as I am boycotting them as a result of their elitist and greedy
corporate money grab that is the paywall.
So when news broke that a House Ethics committee found that long time New York Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel accepted
corporate money for trips to the Carribean one would think Williams would be all over the story — he wasn't.
The business rate will be lowered from 35 to 15 percent, and the trillions of dollars of
American corporate money overseas can now be brought back at a 10 percent rate.
There are simply too many campaign spending vehicles to account for, from the «dark money» groups to national organizations like the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) that funnel
corporate money into state races.
The role of
corporate money Do big corporations have anything to do with the lessening of interest of average Americans on climate change issues?
American Apparel (APP) says it has terminated Charney, who was removed from the CEO role in June after the company alleged he had
misused corporate money and violation of sexual harassment policies.
TOTENBERG: Prodded by Chief Justice John Roberts, Kagan said repeatedly that Congress was justified in banning corporate spending in candidate elections
because corporate money is other people's money.
By
rejecting corporate money and funding his campaign solely with the help of small individual donations, Hawkins holds himself fully accountable to the middle - and working - class people of New York.
But that hasn't stopped privateers from championing for - profit online education, raising serious concerns about
how corporate money continues to shape many of the education policies being implemented across the country.
The esports market is no longer the next hot place for brands to advertise - it's the current hot place, as evidenced by dozens of stories from the last year of
corporate money flooding the scene.
The Republican was indicted in 2005 on charges he illegally sent $ 190,000 in
corporate money through the Republican National Committee to help elect GOP Texas legislative candidates in 2002.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott joined Sen. Marco Rubio in Miami Friday to talk about how the country's new tax code includes a provision that is intended to
steer corporate money into struggling neighborhoods.
The complaints, filed by Common Cause and Free Speech for People, a group that seeks to
limit corporate money in politics, argue that AMI paid to bury the story of Trump's infidelity and thereby influence the presidential election.
But unlike in the United States, the electoral process in India was not primarily shaped by the candidates» ability to
raise corporate money.
Dean used lot of
corporate money along with an appeal to Jeff Klein's massive ego to buy off Klein's five.
If corporate money is eliminated from the political process and broader candidate participation is enhanced then you will see the red and blue turn violet.
Since the new breed of political corruption takes the form of
corporate money smothering our democracy, our club is staying true to its roots by supporting Howie Hawkins: a genuine friend of the working and middle classes,» said long time club member John Bredin.
«You can keep them in Albany until they take the corrupting influence of big
corporate money seriously and close the LLC loophole that currently allows corporations to contribute unlimited sums of money into our political system.
«In spite of the influx of
outside corporate money from American Crossroads GPS and the challenging atmosphere some incumbents are facing, Congressman Hinchey is in a strong position heading into the election,» Abacus Associates» David Scott wrote in the poll memo.
Synopsis: DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of
untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials.
The activists» ringleader, Alejandro (Ariel Levy), turns out to be a sociopathic cynic who recklessly jeopardizes the lives of idealistic liberal - arts students, pulling a publicity stunt in front of gun - toting militia while
pocketing corporate money.
The final claim comes from a
chatty corporate money man (Martin Freeman, the biggest name of the bunch) of the successful upper class who swears to a poltergeist presence invading his home during the same time he lost his wife and future offspring in childbirth.