Wall Street's apparent interpretation of the Supreme Court's recent ruling regarding free speech and political contributions, seems to signal the opening of bids for the now, open purchase of our government.
Rather than the great gnashing of teeth and rending of cloth we are being treated to by our elected now, about how terrible this is for our country, let's look for that silver lining.
How about we unite behind a real time, tracking and web based reporting system, accessible from any web browser, for anyone who wants to know, for all contributions made to any political candidate, political party, or non-profit in the country?
Any person, real or corporate could then give without limit to whatever candidate, party, or non-profit in full recognition of our first amendment rights, while allowing anyone who cared to know, or report, to "follow the money".
Can you imagine the power of the light that such a nationwide system would have to shine on just who is owned by whom, and who's behind what legislation?
With real time reporting and tallying of who's buying who and for how much, we'd at least be able to better assess the value, power and worth of our individual votes and voices.
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As posted on NPR's news blog as comment to our President's apparent retreat from his populist vow to "Get our Money Back" from Wall Street.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/02/obama_flips_on_wall_st_pay_as.html
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