A Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case describes corporations can spend unlimited monies to give to politicians. Money in politics will never go away. That’s for sure. One can buy their way into getting what they want.
Yes, true. Something that can be said dates back to biblical times.
This applies to other groups as well. Labor unions have a lot of political power just like a lot of corporations.
Corporations represent the interests of their employees too. If laws damage a particular industry (especially regulations) it can and will result in layoffs and cost cutting at the corporation which directly impacts the employees. At higher levels things like bonuses and equity comp is also impacted but I get most people don’t care as much about that impact. I get that corporations are focused on profits and making money for shareholders but millions rely on those corporations for work too.
Money makes the world go round.
This has turned out to be a big problem for this country! Thank you Supreme Court!
Yes, but there are numerous instances where unions have lockstep supported candidates or causes that are far afield from its ostensible charter and are in opposition to the views of many of their rank and file members.
Corporations lobby for things that benefit the corporation. In most cases that is an indirect and sometimes a direct benefit to their employees too. I suppose if for example a corporation lobbied against an increase in minimum wage that would directly hurt a subset of their employees who make minimum wage but it would have no negative impact for any worker earning above minimum wage already and could actually benefit all workers if the increase in minimum wage would result in layoffs or closures. Unions represent the interest of their workers in general but that isn’t always going to be in the best interest of every individual. Again, in the minimum wage example, if a union successfully lobbied for an increase in minimum wage that obviously benefits the minimum wage employees but would be neutral to others making more and could even be harmful if it results in layoffs.
I definitely think that’s a factor and depending on what happens with his future plans may be less than 4. There have been 10 Governors of FL since WDW opened and there will probably be 10 more in the next 50 years. They are likely playing the long game to some extent. I also think the goal is that future relations with the Government go back to being more behind closed doors.
It is, but money in politics is not something unique to American politics which is what I was responding to.
It is rather unique to American politics. Most comparable countries have limits on how much money can be spent for campaigns and/or how much money can be donated.
Might have to attend this
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