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Another Excuse from Both Ways Barack

Ken5061 Wrote: Apr 28, 2012 10:36 AM
Maybe all of those businesses with all of that cash will spend enough of it on campaign contributions in races that a conservative could unseat a liberal candidate. Instead of contributing to both sides, foolishly as it turned out, they might choose a side to help that they think will help business. That seems an easy enough assignment.
Joseph64 Wrote: Apr 28, 2012 11:06 AM
The problem with that theory is the "What if...?" What if businesses decide to contribute all their election spending money to Republicans and they lose? If you think businesses are being persecuted now, just wait until they stop donating to the Democrats and the Democrats win. This is why their argument against Citizens United falls down. Corporations may be able to buy off politicians, but they can't buy off voters and voters decide who gets into office year after year, not corporations. So the company spends a billion dollars on the Republican candidate, but if the Republican doesn't win, that's a billion dollars wasted. It's the same if the labor unions contribute heavily to the Democrats and the Democrats lose. It's money wasted.
Stuart95 Wrote: Apr 28, 2012 11:37 AM
True in the presidential sweepstakes, but not true in Congressional races as a whole.

Congressional Democrats maintain the status quo for their big-buck constituents when Republicans win the presidency, and then ratchet-up our march toward crony socialism when they have a compliant stooge like Obama in the White House.

Now that the advance GDP growth number for the first quarter has come in lower than expected, the White House is trotting out their favorite excuse for a slow economy: not enough government spending.

Cue the soundtrack blaming the rich- and bin Laden.

If Obama could only dispatch the rich with the same resolution he bare-handedly killed Osama bin Laden, man, GDP sure would grow then, huh?      

These are probably the same distractions the administration will use next month when they revise downward the first quarter GDP number to 1.9 percent from the disappointing 2.2 percent advance...

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