Corruption Unlimitted

WASHINGTON -- In the latest GOP effort to accord corporations the same rights as people, the Republican National Committee wants to strike down the century-old ban against direct corporate contributions to candidates and party committees. The ban, part of a 1907 anti-corruption law that helped curb the influence of corporate robber barons, is one of the last bulwarks of campaign finance law left after the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision two years ago.

This along with their obvious disdain for democracy makes quite clear the Republican party is all about corporate rule. If you're the CEO of a transnational corporation and you can afford everything from your own private security and food safety inspectors to your own private cancer care, it might make sense to vote GOP. In the interest of self preservation, everybody else should think twice.