Aug 11, 2011

The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled money is equal to speech and that corporations are entitled to the same First Amendment rights as people. Money is not speech. Corporations are not people. 

Meanwhile, those of us without millions of dollars to spend on political campaigns are, in effect, silenced. 

It is as if we have to speak through kazoos while corporate CEOs speak through megaphones. 

That’s why we’ve teamed up with more than a dozen organizations to make today. 

August 11 – a day of online action: 

“The Day When $$ Equals Speech.” Amplify your voice! Go to the website set up to make it really easy to participate: www.dollarsordemocracy.org

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