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Stopping the treatment of money as speech doesn't ban money, it just means it has to be spent transparently.
by awakeasleep 8y ago
Stopping the treatment of money as speech doesn't ban money, it just means it has to be spent transparently.
- marcoperaza 8y agoActually that’s exactly what it would do. Citizens United was about the government banning a film because it was illegal campaign spending.
- newfoundglory 8y agoNo, banning money would make campaign spending illegal for any reason.
- marcoperaza 8y agoSo you’re fine with the government telling you it’s illegal to distribute a movie?
- newfoundglory 8y agoWhat do my feelings have to do with what the current law says?
- marcoperaza 8y agoPresumably, you’re telling me what you think the law ought to be. As far as the law is currently concerned, spending is protected as speech.
- newfoundglory 8y agoI did mean "used to be", you're right. I was saying that pre Citizens United money was not banned, it was regulated. There is a huge difference.