Posted by
grad_1986 on Monday, October 12, 2009 2:49:14 PM
Today, giving money to political candidates or parties really amounts to nothing more than smart investing by large corporations or organizations. Give a little, get a LOT.
Take for example, SEIU. This labor union brags that they gave 60 million to help elect Obama to the presidency. But that will amount to chump change over the next 4 years. Take for example the recent job of "helping" with the 2010 Census or the HR3200 health-care bill where they stand to to make several billion dollars in funding from congress. One can also look at the contributions made by GE during the last election. Spend a few million, rake in several billion in "energy or healthcare technology purchases".
Not that this is a new thing. It has been around for years (maybe even since the Civil War). The problem is that it is getting worse exponentially. Thousands becomes millions. Millions becomes Billions, Billions becomes Trillions...
So how do we stop this?
I propose the following: A law that states
No company, corporation, individual or union may obtain any government contracts or funding for 3 years if that company, corporation, individual or union has paid more than $1000 to any political party or candidate directly or indirectly (through groups like MoveOn etc.)
This would stop dead in their tracts all speical-interest and manipulators who treat our government as one giant vending machine where you plunk in your money and out comes your candy.