Another example of why government...

Looks like Alan Grayson is busy wasting everyone's time (and taxpayer $$). He's proposed a bill in the house, H.R. 4431: the "Business should mind it's own Business" act.

"To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose
a 500 percent excise tax on corporate contributions to
political committees and on corporate expenditures on
political advocacy campaigns."

There are so many problems with this thinking. It certainly gives us insight into Mr. Grayson's point of view. How does anyone think it is legal or legitimate to use the power of the government, via the IRS, to restrict free speech? Corporations and businesses are legal organizations consisting of people. I'm curious to know if this applies to P.A.C.s, unions, and other "legal entities". What defines a "business". Is a lobby group a business? Am I as an individual business owner, who is incorporated for legal protections no longer allowed to support my favorite candidate's campaign by providing a donation to help him/her get the word out about their position on the issues?

Money certainly helps candidates become "viable". Does money buy elections? I don't think so. Certainly the more $ you have as a candidate gives you options for getting your message out but in the end it's the voter at the booth that decides. Every election has a winner and one or more losers, all of them spend a lot of $ in the process and like business, most of them fail to achieve their goal (to get elected).

Vote this guy out and replace him with someone better qualified to serve the country.