In class we've talked about how corporations are now seen as people in the eyes of the government and last week I ran across an article about how a corporation, Murray Hill Inc, is now trying to run for office. This obviously is a political stance to mock the supreme court ruling that declared corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to funding political campaigns. This makes it so that corporations can give tons of money and backing to a political candidate and possibly sway the election because of the kind of money some of these corporations posses. As Murray Hill said about its campaign, ""But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves." They are making a joke out of how since the corporations are considered people when funding that the corporations should be able to run for office also. Many people including President Obama condemned the Supreme Court on the ruling and I also think that it is unfair to allow corporations to be considered individuals. This throws lots more money into the campaigns which are already bad enough with all the commercials and money being used. Nobody wants these campaigns to get bigger and more expensive as time goes on which it is on a track of right now. This gives an unfair advantage towards the people who spend all their time on fundraising money and makes the election more about money then actual politics. What do you think about this Supreme Court ruling? Do you think that it should be allowed?
This is a very interesting topic. I remember that during his State of the Union speech Obama flat out said that he opposed the decision and hoped the Supreme Court would reverse it quickly. I have never heard a president blatantly disagree with his own government like Obama did then. However, I agree with both of you, I think that giving corporations the same rights as individuals when it comes to campaign funding is foolish. The problem is that corporations have an incredible amount of cash flow and savings that result from the hard work of EVERY employee and contributions made in the corporations name will be decided by a few stuffy shirted geezers at the top. Only the political views of those making the decisions are be supported despite the fact that everyone works to make the company profitable. Also, in a political system where every candidate says a variation of the same thing: better schools, lower taxes, world peace, ect, a large donation from a corporation could quite possibly be the deciding factor in an election.
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