Source: Roger Froikin, August 28, 2024
Some time ago, the US Supreme Court ruled that a political contribution to a party or candidate was to be considered a type of free political speech.
But they left two questions unanswered.
You see, that means there are three types of political speech protected by the US Constitution.
The Vote of a citizen, the financial contribution of the citizen to a candidate or party, and verbally or written opinion of the citizen. But, while only citizens of Florida, for example, can vote in the State of Florida, Corporations, Unions, and wealthy individuals can express their opinion in Florida by making financial contributions – in effect having a role (interfering?) in Florida elections even though they neither live in Florida nor are part of the Florida economy.
That, I call, “Political Contribution Carpetbagging”, and when a citizen of New York, donates to a politician or political action Committee, or a party in Florida, that is, in effect, a New Yorker voting in Florida, a state in which he is not a citizen, cheapening the
vote of Floridians to express their opinions and elect those they choose.
I use Florida as an example because of the volume of money from New York and California that flooded into Florida to defeat Governor DeSantis a few years ago, but I could be talking about the fortunes flooding Ohio to prevent a Democrat Senator from losing his seat, or the same in Pennsylvania or Nevada or Arizona today.
I maintain that just possibly, Financial Carpetbagging could be Unconstitutional and ending it would restore the power to the voters to not be influenced from the outside their state by rich outsiders who can buy up media time and spread a message expressing their interests.
