Can Citizens United be Bad?

     In January 2010 the citizen united ruling was appointed which made everything a political war zone. This ruling tossed out the ban on making independent expenditures and financing electioneering communications. Independent expenditures is when money is spent on behalf of a candidate by citizens not affiliated with his or her campaign. You can give as much as you want to a political group as long as that group’s spending is not officially coordinated with a campaign.

     The freedom of speech is supposed to protect the right of expression for all no matter whom. If this right can be limited by groups or people then this right can be changed.  This change can continue until it doesn’t protect the speech of TV shows you like, articles you read, and music you hear. This change can eventually not protect our right of speech at all. Protecting corporate may seem weird to some, but if you think about it as protecting the right it’s self then this is the best thing to do.

     On the other hand the reason why liberals would not support it is because every ad might be subliminal. TV will have some corporate advertisement or ideals forced on people like commercials. Radio stations will force political ideals that even they don’t agree with. People could be brainwashed by these forced on ads by different types of main stream media. People shouldn’t have to be on guard all the time from these forced ideas.

     In conclusion I feel that it was the wrong decision made in citizens united vs. the FEC. This decision will affect the elections and stop the tampering with free speech, but for a price. For years corporate power was limited in politics and now the ban has been lifted corporate does have more power. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1972 forced candidates to reveal who funded them in their campaign. This law also gives a limit to what on donor can give. There some corporations that have a lot of money and in order to keep it they will spend as much for the candidate that will aid them.             

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     The person I interviewed was my aunt. Her name Joyce Henderson and her key experience was around the age of 12 years old. There was this woman who was a republican and  that was her first hearing anyone from that party views. She was a big supporter of segregation. She hated that idea and want nothing to do with anyone or party that supported that belief. She became a democrat like the rest of her family.

      Even though she is a part of the democratic party, when it comes to being liberal or conservative she's independent. When she got older she gain knowledge and understanding of politics which lead to her being open minded with political points of views. "If it's right, then it's right"  she said to me when i asked if she would agree with any republican point of views today.

    My political identity was really decided in 2004 when Kerry ran against Former president Bush. Before then I didn't really acknowledged politics i just didn't really care. Bush was a president that seemed like he didn't really wanted to run and someone just put him up to it. He was one of the most powerful men in america and i felt he didn't have a game plan. I felt that he was just a front for a group of people who had ideas to shape america. Bush had the accolade of being promoted first lieutenant in 1970. He has medals but some are questionable, but people don't look into the truth that much so that makes him a perfect front. When he became president wars started and he didn't try to resolve it like a president should.

     I find people vote for liberals or conservative because even though they don't agree with all there party's politics they feel it's better than nothing. Others feel if they try to compromise than they might have to give up most of there ideals. This is why people don't always vote for the best president just the one that there party chooses. I only voted once and it was for Obama.

1.    Who did you vote for? Why? My aunt voted democrat. she was really interested in Obama campaign. She voted for him to see how he would carry out his plans. The points she really was interested in Obama campaign was social security, medical reform and taxes.
2.    What do you consider your self liberal, conservative, or independent? She considers her self as independence.
3.    What shaped your views? The thing that shaped her views on politics was her years of knowledge 
4.    Any past experience that changed your ideals? My aunt was a paralegal. She worked for criminal attorney and corporeal law. these things shaped her morals 
5.    Who would u vote for in the future? It would probably be an candidate on the democrat card. Some one like Biden.