On the recordJune 2, 2014
If a corporation is allowed to spend unlimited money, particularly if it is allowed to do it anonymously, guess what? It is allowed by them to threaten and to promise to spend unlimited money.
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Whitehouse warns about the risks of unlimited corporate spending in elections.
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