[governance] Facebook spent $4 million to lobby U.S. lawmakers in 2012

[Norbert Klein]

On 26 1.2013 18:46, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <51034FAC.4040605 at ITforChange.net>, at 10:38:20 on Sat, 26 
> Jan 2013, =?UTF-8?B?R3VydSDgpJfgpYHgpLDgpYE=?= <Guru at ITforChange.net> 
> writes
>> then can you explain what you mean by 'different forms of democracy' 
>> in which the lobbying power of money varies across countries
>
> The extent to which money can be used to influence politicians varies 
> in different countries. See 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance for an introduction to 
> how private money is allowed to influence election campaigns in 
> different countries, for example.

"In early 2010, the United States Supreme Court 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court> ruled in 
/Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission>/ 
that corporate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation> funding of 
independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be 
limited pursuant to the right of these entities to free speech 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech>." (Wikipedia)

So corporates in the USA with a lot of resources have the same right to 
free speech like a citizen of the USA has. Legal? So says the Supreme 
Court. Legitimate? A question.

Norbert Klein
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