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Jan. 29th, 2010 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerI don't feel particularly strongly about the Supreme Court's decision allowing corporations to donate to political campaigns. I doubt that they will suddenly take over the political sphere as some alarmist writers have suggested.
What I would like to see, however, is the equivalent of the relatively recent rule allowing union members to opt out of the portion of dues spent on political contributions. I'd like the ability to tell companies in which I own stock to rebate that portion of their spending back to me. Granted, the amount is probably so small when divided by the number of stockholders as to be insignificant for me -- but it's the principle. I suppose there could be a central registry where these are aggregated, but where would the resources come from to fund that?
What I'm reading: Laura Reeve, Vigilante
What I would like to see, however, is the equivalent of the relatively recent rule allowing union members to opt out of the portion of dues spent on political contributions. I'd like the ability to tell companies in which I own stock to rebate that portion of their spending back to me. Granted, the amount is probably so small when divided by the number of stockholders as to be insignificant for me -- but it's the principle. I suppose there could be a central registry where these are aggregated, but where would the resources come from to fund that?
What I'm reading: Laura Reeve, Vigilante
