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Wouldn't it be easier to work on overturning Citizens United?

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Yes, that's what I would think so too. I believe the stumbling block has more to do with corporations' status as "people" than actual campaign contributions. In a nutshell, SC ruled that limiting campaign contributions by corporations restricted the corps free speech rights.

Personally I don't think corporations should have the same rights as people.

Ways around this would be to limit all campaign contributions to some small number; prohibit PACs from making contributions essentially declaring PACs are *not* people even though corporations are; making all campaign funding a function of government spending and not contributions.

But the SC is on the side of corps, both Dems and GQP, to my eternal puzzlement.

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