There’s no such thing as “dark money.”— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
The #FirstAmendment protects #FreedomofAssociation. That means groups do not have to disclose their associations or actions just because they want to influence their government.
Can you give an example of how “unlimited dark money” has been harmful? #CitizensUnited— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
We already have transparency in the results. Congress does not pass hidden laws. Regulations are transparent (even if published in small print).— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
Disclosing political donations is nothing more than an incumbent protection system, used to intimidate people out of participating.
Money is not speech, but all speech has value and that value can be given a monetary measurement by a judge, and that brings speech under the control of any law that controls political money. #1A #CitizensUnited— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
Relative to what we spend on other things in our economy, political spending hardly counts as “vast sums.”— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
Americans spend more on @Doritos than they do on politicians. https://t.co/ml4q64QUQu
Corporations are comprised of people.— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
Why do you want to get people out of shaping a government of, by and for the People? #CitizensUnited
Where’s the stranglehold?— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
In the grand scheme of things, we spend a lot more on things of much less importance.— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
There are several examples among things listed here: https://t.co/ml4q64QUQu
Everyone has a special interest. If you take all that away, there’s nothing left but incumbents.— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
If you remove private interests from a republic, then everything is publicly owned.— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
That’s the definition of socialism.
How many of those 81% realize that the law including “in kind” contributions means speech can be considered money or “election spending”? #1A #FirstAmendment #SpeechIsNotMoney— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
Considering how much more we spend on other things, we could probably use more money in the system, not less.— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
The American People deserve a full education on the happenings in their government.
$1 billion over 10 years works out to $0.33 per American alive today.— Timothy T. C. McGhee (@TimMcGhee) January 21, 2020
If you don’t like where that money is going or the results it’s getting, then put up some of your own money.
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