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Monday, August 24, 2009

The public is fed up with corporate influence blocking progress ....

As I wrote to you a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court may soon allow corporations to spend as much as they want promoting or opposing political candidates. Democracy as we know it could be rolled over by unlimited corporate money in politics.

A corporate titan driving a giant steamroller that is about to crush the U.S. Capitol building, showing corporate influence in elections.
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In a stunning move, the justices are returning early from their summer vacation after ordering the parties in a little-known case to argue whether the court should overturn longstanding restrictions on corporate campaign spending.

The public is fed up with corporate influence blocking progress on health care, climate change, trade, the economy--on everything. But the Supreme Court could make things much, much worse.

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The Supreme Court is way out of touch--and way out of line. We need to raise awareness and send a message the justices will hear.

Tell your friends. Write a letter. Start a blog. Picket. Do street theater. Do whatever you can!

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Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D.
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