In
Citizens United vs. FCC, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are
equivalent to people, and thus have the same first amendment rights. Any
attempt to abridge those rights (for example, the McCain-Feingold bill,
which limited campaign donations) is a violation of the Constitution.
This disastrous decision has paved the way for companies that care more
about overseas profits than America to destroy the country.
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Despite
the country's continuing search for a functional political system,
trade hawks in the United States are already proposing that the United
States establish a free trade agreement with Egypt. We should ensure
that any trade agreements we enter into are beneficial for the United
States.
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There
is the illusion that the People's Republic of China is transforming
from a communist state to a more capitalist society, like that of the
United States. The reality is dangerously different. The "Socialist
Market System" (SMS), as the Chinese call it, is very much what the name
implies-a socialist system-and it is honing in to wipe out its economic
competition: the United States.
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