'It's well beyond time for Citizens United to go, and to put real action towards getting big money out of politics,' says 4TaxFairness. 'Our democracy depends on it.'
, but none of the efforts have gotten off the ground. A number of state and local governments have also passed resolutions urging Congress to take action to reverse the 2010 decision, to no avail.
"Corporations are not people, and billionaires shouldn't get to use their enormous wealth to pick and choose who they want in office," ATF said Friday."It's well beyond time forto go, and to put real action towards getting big money out of politics. Our democracy depends on it." Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said in a statement marking the ruling's anniversary that"the secret political spending we have seen over the last 12 years has corrupted our political process toward corporate interests and robbed citizens of authentic representation."
"It plays a large role in the failures to defend our democracy, pass Build Back Better, address climate change, fix our healthcare system, and much more," said Gilbert."The amount of money flowing into our elections is unprecedented and increases every cycle. A handful of billionaires exert enormous influence over our politics.
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