Recent Supreme Court ruling:
Paving the way for the destruction of American principles
Jeff Starr
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Viewpoint
The United States cannot be destroyed by foreign enemies, it can only be destroyed from within, weakened by internal forces to the point where it is no longer a player on the world stage. A recent Supreme Court decision may have just paved the way for the destruction of American and Democratic principles that may very well lead to the slow decline of the American republic itself. In one of the most blatantly activist decisions in the recent history of the court, the United States became a tyranny of five men, who overturned two previous rulings and 100 years of precedent and threw out a huge chunk of the 2002 McCain-Feingold bill, which restricted certain aspects of corporate spending on political campaigns. It was the one dam preventing the floods of corporate money from completely controlling politics in America.
The decision was made under the guise of "free speech," or claim that the government cannot restrict political speech based on corporate identity. But the court forgot one key aspect of the constitution. What about "equal protection under the law?" The decision makes sure the richest members of American society can control, manipulate and use elected politicians for their own benefit. A politician needs big money to stay competitive, and corporations need the politicians to stay competitive as well. A politician will be indebted to those who funded his campaign, and all of a sudden we have an oligarchy of special interests controlling the nation. A nation of government officials taking orders from Wall Street. The politicians and regular voters are now tools of the economic elite. Our choices are limited to those funded by big money for these politicians are the only ones who can get their message out to the masses. The poor and middle class are losing their voice, and the people are losing the power. It is no coincidence the United States is no longer the world leader in invention and innovation in areas such as technology, science and mathematics. Competition and entrepreneurship are threatened by the crushing weight of Wall Street. Capitalism itself is threatened because of the very people that call themselves capitalists, and yet, would be the biggest beneficiaries of the destruction of its true tenants.
The decision was made under the guise of "free speech," or claim that the government cannot restrict political speech based on corporate identity. But the court forgot one key aspect of the constitution. What about "equal protection under the law?" The decision makes sure the richest members of American society can control, manipulate and use elected politicians for their own benefit. A politician needs big money to stay competitive, and corporations need the politicians to stay competitive as well. A politician will be indebted to those who funded his campaign, and all of a sudden we have an oligarchy of special interests controlling the nation. A nation of government officials taking orders from Wall Street. The politicians and regular voters are now tools of the economic elite. Our choices are limited to those funded by big money for these politicians are the only ones who can get their message out to the masses. The poor and middle class are losing their voice, and the people are losing the power. It is no coincidence the United States is no longer the world leader in invention and innovation in areas such as technology, science and mathematics. Competition and entrepreneurship are threatened by the crushing weight of Wall Street. Capitalism itself is threatened because of the very people that call themselves capitalists, and yet, would be the biggest beneficiaries of the destruction of its true tenants.
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