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After last week's Supreme Court decision in McCutcheon v FEC striking down total limits on campaign donations, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that even more deregulation is necessary to "overnight, equalize the middle class and the rich."

Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Gingrich cited the 1976 decision Buckley v. Valeo, which first equated with money with speech and said that to limit certain contributions was tantamount to limiting freedom of expression. Gingrich said that "you've gone from that original decision to Citizens United, which said, in effect, that corporations could give and created super PACs. Now you've said they're unlimited."

The 2010 Citizens United ruling allowed corporations, unions and individuals to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections through super PACs. Last week's McCutcheon decision lets individuals give an unlimited total amount directly to parties and candidates, so long as they stay within limits for individual campaigns.

Gingrich added, "The next step is the one Justice Clarence Thomas cited -- candidates should be allowed to take unlimited amounts of money from anybody. And you would, overnight, equalize the middle class and the rich."

The former speaker wan't the only panel member offering a counterintuitive take on Wednesday's decision. Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, argued that not every wealthy donor will embrace the outcome of the McCutcheon case, because they may now be obliged to give more.

"All the donors I know hate this decision, of course," he said. "This used to be a very good excuse to say to a candidate, ooh, I'm maxing out, I just can't help your campaign."

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Do words mean anything to Newt? Under what possible twisting of the dictionary does allowing the rich to give as much as they want 'equalize' them with the middle class? Is it that under no limits the rich can give as much as they want and the middle class can give as much as they want?

The reality of American politics is that there are three elections. There is the general election, and before that there is a primary election to see who is on the general election ballot, and before that there is the 'money primary'. Moreover one can argue that the money primary is the most important because unless you do well there you will not be able to make a credible appearance on the others.

Since we can't really get rid of the 'money primary' how do we make sure that people besides the very wealthy actually have a vote in it?

My idea is that any group doing political advocacy in any form (lobbying, issue ads, political ads, community organizing, political consulting, whatever) no matter what structure (527, 501c3, 501c4, whatever) rather than being tax exempt pay an income tax of 50 percent on all donation income. But the money does not go to the federal government. Instead it is used to fund a book of vouchers given to every voter in the election. The vouchers can then be given to any organization participating in the special tax.

The bottom line is that the public gets a voice in the money primary. Unlike Newt's twisted rhetoric the public really does get equalized with they big money donors. The public cannot be shouted down by the mega-donors no matter how much they give because the voice of the public automatically scales up with the voice of the donors. In addition it is better than various public financing proposals because those proposals have no voice; the candidate gets the money but only has to pay attention to the donors. Under the voucher plan the candidate or cause actually has to care about resonating with the people to get the money.

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Gingrich: Remove All Donation Limits To 'Equalize The Middle Class And The Rich'
What planet is he speaking from?
In other words, my $100 donation is equal to the $100,000,000 that a rich guy donates?

"What planet is he speaking from? "
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Not a planet, he's up on the moon getting his colony started.

Fans?He who laughs last, didn't get it.
The damage the right has done to America is beyond repair, it's over we are a great big banana republic where a few control everything.

regrettably, you're right. until we can figure out a way to remove/minimize money in our politic we will continue on this corrupt downward spiral.

Such logic, Newt! It will "equalize" us? How many srtuggling, middle-class families do you know personally who can afford to throw off a miillion or two into a campaign slush fund--?

This people have lost their minds.

They never had minds and they seem to think none of us have minds either....and they're too stupid to notice that we're onto them!

"candidates should be allowed to take unlimited amounts of money from anybody. And you would, overnight, equalize the middle class and the rich."

Pretty keen how he doesn't say how this equalizes things. This is how the negative forces in our country operate. They just say it's so, even when the wording itself says otherwise. How can one imagine that unlimited contributions would equalize things when the vast majority of money is in the hands of a very, very limited amount of the populace. Simple common sense says this ruling tilts the playing field to the side with the most money. Most certainly NOT in the favor of the middle class. It does the exact opposite of what he says.

The same way that making poor kids use their lunch hour to clean up after the others will equalize them. Its the way it is in Newt's

the only bigger asshole liar sack of dogshit that compares to Newt is maybe BBC


 

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It is going great !!!!!!

It is going great !!!!!!


There have been 5 Presidents in my life time that deserved to be in the White House.....and did not contribute to sending America into the toilet ...... Truman who let me in to the US..... Kennedy, Johnson,
Clinton and Barack Obama. I voted for Nixon but opening up China was the beginning of Americas problems........ I ask my misguided Republican Bible thumping friends to name 3 things that any Republican in or out of office has ever done right..they can't name 1 but!!!!!!
they do know how to bitch....the health care act for example..The Republicans having had no ideas on the subject for7 0 years .. The idiots Cruz Ryan Boehner Mutt asshole Rumnuts Bat Shits Palin and Bachhman Fucks Noise n{Fox BS} have nothing to offer..not 1 idea.......were shitting and pissing in their pants that it wd be a failure.......guess what ..all dumber that pig shit its a success and they were all......all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

every single fucking one of them stupid and wrong...and those are the kind of idiots you want governing..............

Note : Romneys health care in Mass was the model for Obama Care yet he ran from it...as did all the other Dick Wads...
 
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There have been 5 Presidents in my life time that deserved to be in the White House.....and did not contribute to sending America into the toilet ...... Truman who let me in to the US..... Kennedy, Johnson,
Clinton and Barack Obama. I voted for Nixon but opening up China was the beginning of Americas problems........ I ask my misguided Republican Bible thumping friends to name 3 things that any Republican in or out of office has ever done right..they can't name 1 but!!!!!!
they do know how to bitch....the health care act for example..The Republicans having had no ideas on the subject for7 0 years .. The idiots Cruz Ryan Boehner Mutt asshole Rumnuts Bat Shits Palin and Bachhman Fucks Noise n{Fox BS} have nothing to offer..not 1 idea.......were shitting and pissing in their pants that it wd be a failure.......guess what ..all dumber that pig shit its a success and they were all......all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

every single fucking one of them stupid and wrong...and those are the kind of idiots you want governing..............

Note : Romneys health care in Mass was the model for Obama Care yet he ran from it...as did all the other Dick Wads...

Reagan Trickle Down Economics
Bush both wars
Reagan Cold War

just to name 3 of the things Republicans have done right

hope this helps
 

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Since The Great Obama took office:

The stock market is up.

Unemployment is down.

We have no troops in Iran.

Last week for the first time in ten years, no Americans were killed in Afghanistan.

The budget deficit is down.

More people have health insurance.

We haven't started any stupid wars.

Bin Laden is dead.

Bernie Madoff is doing 150 years.

Lehman Brothers is gone.

Ted Nugent is being paid NOT to show up.

Chrysler and GM are still building cars in the USA.

Consumer Reports says the made in USA Tesla is the best car on earth.

That hope and change is doing very well, thanks for asking.
 

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Duh

No troops in Iran?

Nobel Peace Prize winner= More Drone Strikes?


Ok Lumi..i can't come down on you like some of our other folks here..we do agree on some things believe it or not ...and not just Sociial Distortion........so lets keep it Civil. are you questioning Iran thinking it might be Iraq........U disagree with Baracks Drone Strikes..........We should have started them 10 years ago but we had a nitwit in office as President..........who was too stupid to know who our enemies were..........Yes!!!!!!
they were in Pakistan.....meaning Pakistan itself......It took some one with "real balls" { Quoting Bill Gates} to finally go after the person and folowers of who actually did kill 3000 plus Americans......and were killing American GI's ...........whom u and i know are the salt of the earth. ..
 

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Since The Great Obama took office:

The stock market is up.

Unemployment is down.

We have no troops in Iran.

Last week for the first time in ten years, no Americans were killed in Afghanistan.

The budget deficit is down.

More people have health insurance.

We haven't started any stupid wars

Bin Laden is dead.

Bernie Madoff is doing 150 years.

Lehman Brothers is gone.

Ted Nugent is being paid NOT to show up.

Chrysler and GM are still building cars in the USA.

Consumer Reports says the made in USA Tesla is the best car on earth.

That hope and change is doing very well, thanks for asking.


Soldier on there Diving Muffie......... We need u !!!!
 

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Ok Lumi..i can't come down on you like some of our other folks here..we do agree on some things believe it or not ...and not just Sociial Distortion........so lets keep it Civil. are you questioning Iran thinking it might be Iraq........U disagree with Baracks Drone Strikes..........We should have started them 10 years ago but we had a nitwit in office as President..........who was too stupid to know who our enemies were..........Yes!!!!!!
they were in Pakistan.....meaning Pakistan itself......It took some one with "real balls" { Quoting Bill Gates} to finally go after the person and folowers of who actually did kill 3000 plus Americans......and were killing American GI's ...........whom u and i know are the salt of the earth. ..

It's not my confusion about Iran or Iraq,
I believe Duff mistyped it?

You don't see the irony or hypocrisy of Barry launching
Strikes?

He has targeted Americans
He has incarcerated more whistle blowers

What's to stop him from launching strikes in America
The NDAA, the Expanded Patriot Act
There were Black Water Mercs in Nevada

It seems to me that you may be coming around to understand
The Libertarian Philosophy, however...
Oh Shit ! here it comes !!

However, you claim to be a liberal and want tolerance ?
But if anyone has the opposing view as you, you go bat shit crazy

Using the most polarizing subject: Gay Rights

Your view is that the Gay Community should have the same
Rights as the Hetero Population. Ok I'm cool with that
Hedge, Skul, The Mozilla Guy have the opposite view
Not once have I seen or heard the above express hatred
Of the Gays, they think it's wrong. So what! There opinion,
Still no hatred

Same with minorities , not all but Crying Racist everytime
Someone opposes POTUS it's not always about race, most
Of the time it's ideology and principals

As for me I am not a Racist
I'm an equal opportunity bigot

I hate everyone until they have proven
That they aren't an asshole
 

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Did some editing for you, Duff

The stock market is up. - hahaha - because of Obama? Really?

Unemployment is down. - Really? Because million have dropped out of the labor force or faux numbers?

We have no troops in Iran. Did we have troops in Iran under Bush?

Last week for the first time in ten years, no Americans were killed in Afghanistan. YAY!

The budget deficit is down. Complete and utter horseshit. You know better. You should be ashamed of yourself

More people have health insurance. At what cost and to whom? And you believe those #'s? How many have paid? How many people lost insurance or had their premiums go UP?

We haven't started any stupid wars. We tried. Syria

Bin Laden is dead.

Bernie Madoff is doing 150 years.

Lehman Brothers is gone.

Ted Nugent is being paid NOT to show up.

Chrysler and GM are still building cars in the USA. GM is still building death traps and lying about it to the American people.....nice insider trading by the US Treasury dumping GM stock (at a loss) prior to it dumping even more

Consumer Reports says the made in USA Tesla is the best car on earth. When it is not spontaneously combusting.

That hope and change is doing very well, thanks for asking.
 

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Did some editing for you, Duff

The stock market is up. - hahaha - because of Obama? Really? Why not? You assholes blamed him when it was down.

Unemployment is down. - Really? Because million have dropped out of the labor force or faux numbers? The total number employed is UP. You can look it up. Facts are a bitch, right?

We have no troops in Iran. Did we have troops in Iran under Bush? JFC. Even you should know the answer to that is yes. But you're too stupid.

Last week for the first time in ten years, no Americans were killed in Afghanistan. YAY!

The budget deficit is down. Complete and utter horseshit. You know better. You should be ashamed of yourself The budget deficit projection from the OMB is down by almost 50%.. Reading challenged are you? Or just plain stupid?

More people have health insurance. At what cost and to whom? And you believe those #'s? How many have paid? How many people lost insurance or had their premiums go UP? Oh, JFC. You ARE reading challenged. More are insured, and average premiums are down.

We haven't started any stupid wars. We tried. Syria No we didn't. No troops, No attacks, no weapons fired. Can you get any dumber?

Bin Laden is dead.

Bernie Madoff is doing 150 years.

Lehman Brothers is gone.

Ted Nugent is being paid NOT to show up.

Chrysler and GM are still building cars in the USA. GM is still building death traps and lying about it to the American people.....nice insider trading by the US Treasury dumping GM stock (at a loss) prior to it dumping even more So Obama is responsible for GM quality? Is he supposed to change your diaper too?


Consumer Reports says the made in USA Tesla is the best car on earth. When it is not spontaneously combusting. One, exactly ONE, Tesla has had a fire. How many thousand Ford Pintos incinerated their passengers? It's easy - see, you go to that Google thingy and type in Ford Pinto Fires. Too tough for you? You must get a hard on watching Sean Hannity.

That hope and change is doing very well, thanks for asking.

Fuck off, factless idiot.
 
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Hard to believe intelligent individuals on this site still believe Obama is right for this country. Yea he is good for growing government bureaucracy and transforming our country to his socialist vision along with record profits for wall street and financial institutions. Higher taxes on the way to pay for it all. The worst is he is a pathological liar that can't be trusted.

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Same shit different day.
 

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Factless idiot?

That's the best you got, Duff?


You are a clueless moron.

Obama made the market go up? Really - YOU ARE THAT FUCKING STUPID?
Here - I'll do the homework for you for the last time.
Fed has pumped $3.9 to $5 Trillion (depending on which stats you want to use) into the global economy since 2009. At the same time, they have held down interest rates. So, where do you think all the excess liquidity is going to go? Into government bonds paying nothing? No one is buying those except the FED so that by creating more debt, they can issue more currency. That's why the debt will never go away because if it does, they can not issue any money. So, the Fed buys the debt paying nothing because no one else wants it. Everyone else is plowing the free cash into, yep - you guessed it - equities! Holy fuck! Obama is a fucking miracle worker. Hmmm - the Equality President......today, FED Pres Fisher states:
*FISHER SAYS FED POLICIES HAVE MADE THE RICH 'MUCH RICHER' (but...)
*FISHER: UNCLEAR IF FED POLICIES WILL BENEFIT THE MIDDLE-CLASS

Hmmmm....factless idiot, huh?

Income INEQUALITY in the United States is at is highest level since..........the GREAT DEPRESSION.

oh my.


GM is still making cars? Even though the CEO lied about the ignition control problem? Do you know why the airport overflow parking lots are FULL of BRAND NEW AMERICAN CARS? Or why the parking lots of minor league baseball fields are FULL OF BRAND NEW AMERiCAN CARS?
It's called channel stuffing. GM and Chrysler and Ford consider a car SOLD once it leaves their lot.....doesn't matter if it goes to a dealer lot or an overflow lot, they can count it as SOLD and it makes their corporate #'s look good.
Dealer lots are full. Overflow lots are full. Hmmm - factories still making cars...lots are full....sales aren't good...stock prices going down......CEO lied about a defect causing deaths.....damn - sounds like a great success story - almost as good as Solyndra.



Unemployment rate coming down....YAY!!! Oh, wait.......

(4-5-2014)
The number of people not in the labor force which in March soared by a massive 663,000 to a record 90 million Americans who are no longer even looking for work. This was the biggest monthly increase in people dropping out of the labor force since January 2012, when the BLS did its census recast of the labor numbers. And even worse, the labor force participation rate plunged from an already abysmal 63.5% to 63.3% - the lowest since 1979! But at least it helped with the now painfully grotesque propaganda that the US unemployment rate is "improving."


Oh, yeah - the economy is improving. As you say, Duff- more people are employed...really? by who's count? and if so, do minimum wage, part time jobs replace the good paying skilled jobs that were lost? Hmmmmmm......here are some more of those crazy damn facts for you:

Quiznos has filed for bankruptcy, USA Today reported, and could close many of its 2,100 stores.
Sbarro which operates pizza and Italian restaurants in malls, is planning to close 155 locations in the United States and Canada. That means nearly 20 percent of Sbarro?s will close. The chain operates around 800 outlets.
Ruby Tuesday announced plans to close 30 restaurants in January after its sales fell by 7.8 percent. The chain currently operates around 775 steakhouses across the US.
An unknown number of Red Lobster stores will be sold. The chain is in such bad shape that the parent company, Darden Restaurants Inc., had to issue a press release stating that the chain would not close. Instead Darden is planning to spin Red Lobster off into another company and sell some of its stores.
Ralph?s, a subsidiary of Kroger, has announced plans to close 15 supermarkets in Southern California within 60 days.
Safeway closed 72 Dominick?s grocery stores in the Chicago area last year.

#1 A billion square feet of retail space is sitting vacant in the United States.
#2 Last week, Radio Shack announced that it was going to close more than a thousand stores.
#3 Last week, Staples announced that it was going to close 225 stores.
#4 Same-store sales at Office Depot have declined for 13 quarters in a row.
#5 J.C. Penney has been dying for years, and it recently announced plans to close 33 more stores.
#6 J.C. Penney lost 586 million dollars during the second quarter of 2013 alone.
#7 Sears has closed about 300 stores since 2010, and CNN is reporting that Sears is "expected to shutter another 500 Sears and Kmart locations soon".
#8 Overall, sales numbers have declined at Sears for 27 quarters in a row.
#9 Target has announced that it is going to eliminate 475 jobs and not fill 700 positions that are currently empty.
#10 It is being projected that A?ropostale will close about 175 stores over the next couple of years.
#11 Macy's has announced that it is going to be closing five stores and eliminating 2,500 jobs.
#12 The Children?s Place has announced that it will be closing down 125 of its "weakest" stores by 2016.


GAO budget projections?

Here's an article you might want to read.

http://www.sovereignman.com/finance/what-a-surprise-it-turns-out-they-lied-about-the-deficit-last-year-13884/


Factless?

Go fuck yourself with a splintered broom handle. You are a clueless, liberal Obama zombie, just like your little pack of fucktards in here.
 

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Go fuck yourself with a splintered broom handle. You are a clueless, liberal Obama zombie, just like your little pack of fucktards in here.



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