sooz08 wrote:
John, I did the short poll and signed the petition ~ to me, Citizens United is the single-most damaging USSC decision ... maybe ever ~ certainly within my lifetime ~ and what is so deeply misguided in the decision is that corporations were handed expanded rights over individuals because there IS a limitation on what an individual can spend per election cycle ~
Sooz
There is no limit on how much an individual can spend in an election cycle.
Independent expenditures, which are the only expenditures affected by Citizens United, are not limited for individuals. Only direct contributions by individuals to candidate committees, PACs and parties are limited, but contributions to those entities by corporations are BANNED.
So individuals still have greater latitude in campaign spending than do corporations following the Citizend United decision.