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Shannon W's avatar

I'm pretty sure that almost all corporations donate money to candidates in both parties and generally ignore politicians' stances on issues having nothing to do with them. I don't think that's okay, just that's what I think happens, especially given the response you got from Pfizer. Corporations should not be allowed to give money to political campaigns. They aren't citizens and shouldn't be allowed to influence elections. If they want influence they can always plead their case to their employees.

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Marie HK's avatar

This corporate influence with big money is why I am an advocate with the citizen led American Promise to advance a constitutional amendment to limit money in politics that has exploded since Citizens United. 21 states have called for such an amendment (latest is Alaska on Nov 3!) Polls show 75% of Americans across the political spectrum support an amendment and the 1st bipartisan resolution in the House was House Joint Res 2 in the 116th Congress which did get 1 hearing before shutdown in March. Join the effort to fix this. The

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