Privatizing Our Vote: The Ultimate Crime

Wednesday, 06 November 2013 15:47  
By The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed

When the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United decision in 2010, many in the media predicted that it would usher in a new era of corporate electioneering. They were right, of course, but they only had half of the story.

You won't hear it anywhere in the mainstream media, but over the past decade or so our elected representatives have slowly but surely handed the power to decide our elections over to a handful of giant, mostly Republican-connected corporations.