Money is not speech. It is a resource required to buy speech. If the greedy and mendacious can buy almost all the media & propaganda in a country, that country loses freedom of the press along with freedom of speech.
Mitch McConnell said, "We Must Rewrite The Constitution Because ‘Elections’ Haven’t ‘Worked’". Would Jefferson view him as a defender of the Constitution or as an enemy of We the People:
Money is not speech. It is a resource required to buy speech. If the greedy and mendacious can buy almost all the media & propaganda in a country, that country loses freedom of the press along with freedom of speech.
ReplyDeleteMitch McConnell said, "We Must Rewrite The Constitution Because ‘Elections’ Haven’t ‘Worked’". Would Jefferson view him as a defender of the Constitution or as an enemy of We the People:
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laercio, thank you for your comments, and welcome to penigma!
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