Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Robert Menendez,
D-N.J., want us to believe a simple progressive fairy tale that we have been
hearing ad naseum for years now: the government couldn’t possibly
abuse its power to silence political opponents.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sens. Menendez and Warren are
holding a press conference to encourage the
Securities and Exchange Commission to require disclosure of all political
activity from publicly traded companies. Currently, public corporations aren’t
required to disclose any “non-material” political activity.
In reality, this is a push to discourage corporations
from exercising their right of free speech and political association. After
all, since corporations are already banned from making direct contributions to
federal candidates, the proposed measure forces corporations to publicly
disclose their support to non-profit organizations such as trade associations
and 501(c)(4)s…..To Read More…..
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