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Yeah. It either would change nothing, or make it worse.

Not to mention the first-amendment implications of all-out banning political donations from firms. When people can't assemble their money together, their right to assembly is being violated. If you control when and where people can donate their money, you're violating freedom of expression.

That was the main argument behind the boogeyman Citizen's United decision.



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