Reply #9: Hate the players, not the game?

[NothingRight]

As easy as it is to vilify people like the Koch Brothers, they are not architects of the flawed system, they are merely capitalizing on it.

The free flow of money through the political system promotes not only a top heavy system, but it all but encourages corruption and legalized extortion.

It is estimated that every dollar a company spends on lobbyists, the return is $100. That return is in the form of legislation that is squashed that would have hurt their bottom line, or legislation that is passed to benefit their bottom line.

That kind of return cannot be seen anywhere else, so why shouldn't they spread that money out and see if they can't increase their odds, as well as the payout.

This is the problem with not only the Citizens United case, but with the decision that a corporation is equal to an individual in regards to free speech.

Without a fundamental change in the system, i.e. a Constitutional Amendment, the Koch Brothers will become the model for gaining political influence in this, the Corporate States of America.