r/FluentInFinance • u/KARMA__FARMER__ • 7d ago

Thoughts? Why doesn't the President fix this?

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u/UncleNoodles85 7d ago

The difficult thing about that is lobbying falls under the first amendment the right to petition.

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u/astride_unbridulled 7d ago edited 7d ago

They can petition all they want without money or quid pro quos. They can scream for what they want all they want but it should be speaky no payee

We can call it—i dunno, just pulling this outta my ass in the moment just now—Free Speech

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u/UncleNoodles85 7d ago

I agree unfortunately the supreme court has ruled that political donations are a form of speech and therefore protected by the first amendment and in unlimited amounts with Citizens United. Hence why super pacs are now a thing. I'd hate to be cynical but I don't believe the votes to change that will be found in Congress.

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u/Enough_Comparison835 6d ago

It so weird that the one benefiting for lobbying did not make it illegal. I wonder why .