Of course, what's to like when inhuman ever-living corporations chaired by super wealthy Bankers, the Military-Industrial Complex, the Corporate Kleptocrats can exert so much control over Us they get 5 Judges to bequeath them the power to use the Money they purloin from the US to craft the political Chains that Bind Us?
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As shown on Countdown with Keith Olbermann; Lobbyists have already crafted memorandums advising their Clients to not directly fund their political toadies but to set up 3rd Party fronts to hide their involvement in choosing our government. Here's the language from K&L Gates:How will corporations likely take advantage of their opportunity to make independent political expenditures?
Just because a corporation may make an independent direct advocacy expenditure doesn't mean that it should. Since the entity or entities financing independent expenditures must be disclosed, a corporation leading the way against a particular candidate risks alienating a significant block of its potential customer or shareholder base. Moreover, upon the first major corporate-funded public communications airing, media coverage is likely to focus on the corporation's involvement in the campaign rather than the content of any advocacy.
Therefore, most corporations will probably proceed cautiously. If such independent expenditures are made, groups of corporations within an industry may form coalitions or use existing trade associations to support candidates favorable to policy positions that affect the group as a whole. While corporations that contribute to these expenditures might still be disclosed, this indirect approach can provide sufficient cover such that no single contributing entity receives the bulk of public scrutiny.
Corporations could further lower their profile in such cases by not making contributions specific to a particular expenditure by that third-party corporation. Such independent expenditures can also take the form of advertisements in "under-the radar" sources, such as ideologically-based talk radio, web-based ads or phone banks. Since state and local laws preventing corporate political expenditures will also likely be repealed as a result of Citizens United, small corporations may also become involved in state and local races through regional media.
