Thom Hartmann: Money is free speech...how about tents?

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Run time: 05:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmk31P3pJU   Posted on YouTube: November 30, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 190   Posted on DU: November 30, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 697

 
So why is it - going off the decision by the high court in Buckley versus Valeo - that when political expression is given the "broadest possible protection" - money is protected, but tents are not? And why is it - when recognizing the CREATIVE dynamic of free expression - that again - money is protected, but tents are not? I think the answer is fairly obvious - corporations have a lot of money...and not a lot of tents. The ironic thing is - Occupy Wall Street is demonstrating - in large part - against these two court cases - against the idea that money is speech. So in essence - rulings that big green pieces of fabrics are NOT a form of free speech is just fine...just as long as the court is consistent and rules that the little green pieces of fabric are not speech either. But until that happens - until the court treats all fabric in the same way - then Occupy Wall Street needs to keep camping out. And my tip to the movement is simple - start building your tents out of stitched-together dollar bills

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