We still give license to expensive speech in name of free sp

We still give license to expensive speech in name of free speech
© David L. Ryan
Demonstrators protest at the John J. Moakley US Courthouse in Boston on Jan. 20, 2012, as part of nationwide events planned to coincide with the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
Re “Money (and the lack of it) talks,” Shirley Leung’s Jan. 12 front-page commentary: Corporate campaign contributions have been blessed by the Supreme Court as free speech and justified as a legitimate expression of corporate values. But they’re fundamentally different from the small contributions we make to candidates who reflect our values and aspirations. Big money is about a different set of values and aspirations — influence and control. To ignore this, as the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision did, is to give license to expensive speech in the name of free speech.

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