The decision is ludicrous, but it affects everything, from our drinking water to our basic human rights. It must not be ignored. If there was a time to take a stand, it is now.
Please please take five minutes to contact your senators and representatives. Make them aware that you do not support the new legal designation. Tell them that corporations are not people. Tell them that you will not tolerate the decision and that it must be reversed immediately.
It is quite easy to make contact with elected officials in America. Contrary to popular belief, they listen and respond. The following website had direct email, phone, and mailing addresses for each state's government officials. A letter counts as two thousand citizen voices, and email and phone are counted below that number somewhere. It is up to us to stop total corporate domination over ecosystems and communities, which has been steadily growing, but this right here is the big one. We can't allow this.
Capitol Switchboard:
202-224-3121
Mailing Addresses & Emails:
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.uspirg.org/consumer-blog/consumer-blog/pirg-to-supreme-court-corporations-are-not-people
Sample Letter
Dear Member of Congress,
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United vs. FEC would allow corporations to spend money directly on attack ads supporting or opposing Congressional candidates.
This decision was made under the pretext that because a corporation is a “person,” they should be allowed to spend their massive aggregated wealth to influence elections.
A corporation is not a person with voting rights. Giving corporations the rights of people would fundamentally change our democracy.
Rep. Van Hollen, Sen. Schumer and the White House are working protect our democracy from the implications of this decision.
I urge you to take swift action in support of this effort.
Sincerely,
_________________________(your name)
MORE INFORMATION:
Stop the corporate takeover of democracy - OSPIRG
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