should political contributions be anonymous

[Cancel 2018. 3]

money is a fiction that most of us have agreed to pretend is not a fiction

this is beyond zen...its loony bin

if we all agree that money has value, then that value is no longer fiction

true story

 

[Onceler]

If I want to say something negative about a candidate there is nothing you can do to stop me. If I want to say it to millions of people then I need a political ad on television. That costs money. Political ad = speech. Political ad = x dollars. Therefore Speech = Dollars. There is no other way for me to get my message across effectively.

There may be a very generalized logic to that, but nothing more than a broadview.

If you weigh in the practical implications, pretty much everything you just said flies in the face of the country the founders envisioned.

So, we can have money as speech, or the vision of the founders. Let's see - money as speech, or the vision of the founders...which'll it be...

Such a tough one.

 

[signalmankenneth]

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

DQ, you gave this post a thumbs down. Why is that?

Either he disagrees with saying bad things about politicians, or he disagrees with paying to do so on private networks.

 

[Minister of Truth]

money is a fiction that most of us have agreed to pretend is not a fiction

In that case, all social functions are fictions that we have agreed to pretend are not fiction.

 

[Damocles]

Inane.

1. The Chamber of Commerce has some (actually few) foreign members, from which they collect just over $100,000.
2. Their annual budget includes sequestering of funds.
3. Just like unions, the chamber of commerce protects the little guy (small business). Since when did the little guy banding together against the big guns equal bad to the Democrats? (IMO, too early, it won't take long for people to find out the truth and get the information out.)
4. If this is your "October Surprise" and this is the best you can do... well, that's just sad.

 

[cawacko]

money is a fiction that most of us have agreed to pretend is not a fiction

Just tried walking out of my local corner market telling the owner that money is fiction and that I wasn't going to pay. Didn't go so well. Any other suggestions for how I can get things for free?

 

[Sammy Jankis]

Inane.

1. The Chamber of Commerce has some (actually few) foreign members, from which they collect just over $100,000.
2. Their annual budget includes sequestering of funds.
3. Just like unions, the chamber of commerce protects the little guy (small business). Since when did the little guy banding together against the big guns equal bad to the Democrats? (IMO, too early, it won't take long for people to find out the truth and get the information out.)
4. If this is your "October Surprise" and this is the best you can do... well, that's just sad.

This is bullshit damo. The chamber of commerce is totally sold out to big multinationals.

 

[Cancel 2018. 3]

Just tried walking out of my local corner market telling the owner that money is fiction and that I wasn't going to pay. Didn't go so well. Any other suggestions for how I can get things for free?

lmao

 

[Don Quixote]

DQ, you gave this post a thumbs down. Why is that?

it overlooks the factor of the big money which is why i started at contributions of $1000 or more