The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)

Trochey Says:

May 12, 2012 - annie, you should be president!!

jpazda21 Says:

May 13, 2012 - Nobody is telling me who to vote for, just why they think I should vote for there candidate. As far as im concerned do your own research and this is not a problem. By the way, is Chevron some type of robotic or electron machine that runs itself, or is it run by "people". So i guess chevron is a person

jpazda21 Says:

May 13, 2012 - the U.S. is not a democracy its a constitutional republic genius. 

hashimirasama Says:

May 14, 2012 - If you think that "democracy" and "republic" are self-exclusive you need a serious reality check.For instance, UK and Spain are parliamentary monarchies and yet they are democracies.On the other end, the Islamic republic of Iran and the people's republic of China are both constitutional republics but they're definitely not democracies.You got it genius?

Blaisepasta Says:

May 14, 2012 - @thethunderduck a republic is a representative democracy. Get your facts right.

booksclevahness Says:

May 14, 2012 - A republic is an indirect democracy, but it's still a democracy.

mooppancake Says:

May 19, 2012 - It is a Constitutional democratic-republicB/C we have a constitution and the majority votes the people in and they are the decision makers or (reps.) for the republic part. so it is just a big combination of of the 3.

MatthewSabia Says:

May 20, 2012 - "It's because people dreamed big, aimed high and set ambitious goals"But NOW you're trying to demonize those exact same people!? Does anyone else see anything wrong with that???

leosbeljimenez Says:

May 23, 2012 - DIFERENTE

Apdion88 Says:

May 23, 2012 - The money given to advertise a canadate does not force people into voting. All elections in the US are 100% fair. What this video wants to do is to make people shut up so others can be more pwerful. Free speech violation?

46ace Says:

May 27, 2012 - So a corporations' single minded goal is to maximize profit; and a political parties single minded goal is to pool its contributions and get its' hand picked candidates elected. So they control everything; "Pot calling the kettle black?"

jsquad31 Says:

May 28, 2012 - So if a corporation tells an independent who to vote for they have to vote for them? Last time I checked people had brains to decide for themselves.

jsquad31 Says:

May 28, 2012 - Logic of this video: Freedom of speech is ok, but only when I'm the one speaking.

SuperSlappynuts Says:

May 28, 2012 - The problem stems from the tax code. The legal fiction of a man (which the government does not want you to know about) is a corporation. If you take the free speech away from the corporations you take the free speech away from the people as well.

goldhedge Says:

May 28, 2012 - It's a Republic - no matter how many times she calls it a 'Democracy' (mob rule).

goldhedge Says:

May 28, 2012 - "person"n. 1) a human being. 2) a corporation treated as having the rights and obligations of a person. Counties and cities can be treated as a person in the same manner as a corporation. However, corporations, counties and cities cannot have the emotions of humans such as malice, and therefore are not liable for punitive damages unless there is a statute authorizing the award of punitive damages.law (dot) com

goldhedge Says:

May 28, 2012 - "natural person"n. a real human being, as distinguished from a corporation, which is often treated at law as a fictitious person.

Thedownwardspiraldog Says:

May 28, 2012 - so we're going to sit here and argue that the government is absolutely workign with our best interests in mind at all right

fireofenergy Says:

May 28, 2012 - Can't believe all the lame excuses FOR corporations that DO manipulate our government.Now, we need to form yet another that uses robotics to create jobs via lots of really cheap solar panels. Same with the LiFePO4 battery (they need to be mass produced for almost free).When machines "take all the jobs" we ALL need to be shareholder and own the machines equally.Welcome to the machine economy based on the efficient and enviro distribution of available resources!

armadilloze Says:

May 29, 2012 - Let me guess: you're a Paulette. They always try to distract from the real debate with pedantic semantic "arguments." I prefer the term the founding fathers used in countless writings.

armadilloze Says:

May 29, 2012 - Parties are made up of people (voters), corporations are a single entity under the law. The word "corporation" does not appear in the Constitution. By "hand picked," you mean primaries, right? Right? Hellooooo?Name one place where a plutocracy has ever succeeded.

iLuvSmartCars Says:

May 29, 2012 - Yes, you're right.