Democrats Get Late Donations From Business
Corporate America is already thinking beyond Election Day, increasing its share of last-minute donations to Democrats.
This article, from today's New York Times, speaks about how businesses have already started tweaking their approach to Democrats in the coming post-election political environment. What is important to note is how much money is changing hands.
My opinion, FWIW, is that no commercial corporate entities should be allowed to contribute to political parties, candidates, or elected officials. Period. If an individual wants to give to a party, campaign, candidate, or elected official, they should be limited in the amount.
I am generally libertarian in my beliefs pertaining to the constitution, and believe that government shouldn't legislate what people and businesses can and can't do with their money; however, when it comes to access, the people we elect are there to represent <i>us</i>, not the Pfizers, HPs, Apples, and General Motorses of the world. The founding fathers intended for our First Amendment rights to extend to people, not to corporate entities.
The way to effect this would be to enact legislation prohibiting the donation of money from commercial corporate entities, and limit donations from individuals to any single candidate's election or to any single party to $2,000 or some other arbitrary amount. This may have the side benefit of cleaning up some of the disparaging advertisements that we often see.
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