Like I said the money goes to issues, not individual campaigns. Your article says that money goes to campaigns however this is not true because it is illegal for corporations to donate to specific campaigns.
The laws that are written and enforced are not done so by popular vote, they are written and voted on by members of congress who vote based on what they think is best for the country. Members of congress are not required to take a poll of their constituents each time they vote for a particular bill. If a constituent has a certain feeling towards a certain bill they should let their representative know (as well as the reasoning behind their opinion). Just because a bill is written by a certain entity does not mean that it was "paid for" by that entity
I am not sure what you are saying.
Pre-bold - It isn't illegal for corporations to donate to specific campaigns. That is the whole point of the Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission decision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_CommissionI'm not sure why you are asserting otherwise...
Actual Bold - Kind of true. That is how our system is built - a representation of the people and there are three categories of politicians - those who vote (in Congress) based on what they think their constituents want, those who vote based on the authority that they believe they were elected for and those who vote specifically for the party that they are affiliated. The three categories do not represent an even ratio and as such it cannot be said that "members of congress" vote for what is best for the country...especially since the aforementioned classes are defined as such in basic political science and do not factor in corporate influence (which is quite influential).
Finally...the post bold...
Just because a bill is written by a certain entity does not mean that it was "paid for" by that entity
I don't quite get why that would even be an assertion from someone who is paying attention to modern politics...it is an easy effort to list the amount of campaign contributions from an entity (
https://www.opensecrets.org/) and then determine their influence based on the types of bills that get passed.
Further, if corporate interests are the ones writing the bills...then why would the taxpayers knowingly fund it? Especially when there are many instances of legislation being passed under the radar and under the threat of government shutdown (budget bills)?
My point is, I don't think that you have a viable grasp of what is going on to be asserting what you are asserting...