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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thinking outside the box, yet again…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would favor some restrictions on corporate campaign donations. But I might suggest that there might be a loophole that I might rather enjoy. The corporations might be prevented from giving moolah directly to PACs and whatnot, but could be allowed to give money back directly to individuals instead. I’d love to get a couple hundred grand every four years or so to do with whatever I want to support my favorite candidates. (…and take that much needed vacation in Cancun.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Or how about this idea: Give deep discounts to product purchasers if they pledge to vote for candidate X or Y. This would benefit the people and stimulate the economy,yet allow corporations to have a say in campaign politics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>But, why not simply allow us to elect corporations to political office? Oops, I almost forgot…. they’re sort of already in political office,. (doesn’t “President Monsanto” sound rather elegant though?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>---------------Recently rec’d from MoveOn.org:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Two years ago this week, the Supreme Court ruled in <i>Citizens United</i> that corporations have the constitutional right to spend unlimited money influencing our elections…..<b> There are two big things President Obama could do <i>right now</i> that would start to turn the tide: </b>1) He could <b>sign an executive order</b> …, and 2) he could <b>declare his strong support for a constitutional amendment</b> to get big money out of politics permanently…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bob Dickow, troublemaker</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white'> “</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>