Dennis Flores
LCS-101FF-WB
Citizens United vs.
FEC
This law
was passed in 2010 and it tore down a wall that was our only protection against
the influence of big business. It gives corporations the ability to pour money
into election campaigns. What this means is that these corporations can throw
their weight around or rather their money in an attempt to influence political
elections. this takes away the power from people and hands it to these
corporations. This changes the whole flow of politics.
Those who support
this ruling believe that corporations have the right to fund organizations.
They support the notion that these corporations are people which legally they
are considered to be people. In addition they feel that these corporations
retain the same rights that any person has which would imply they have the
right to fund election campaigns. Another belief is that this law actually
helps promote free speech and is beneficial.
On the
other side of the coin is those who think this hinders free speech by giving
corporations more power then the average American. This limits the amount of
influence the average citizen has since these larger corporations funding
dwarfs that of every one else. These corporations are not people and therefore
don't have the right to deep there fingers into the political process. These
liberals believe that corporations shouldn't have the sort of influence that
this law gives them.
I myself
feel that this is a terrible decision and that corporations are not people. My
definition of a person is a human being one with a heart mind and body. These
corporations don't fill the bill and as such should not have the same rights.
This decision takes power away from people and sits it in the hand of these
non-corporal things called corporations who talk with their money. A poll I
found in a Washington Post article I found showed me that most people opposed
this decision if it is true then why are we dealing with this today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/17/AR2010021701151.html?sid=ST2010021702073
Dennis,
ReplyDeleteGood post. Your writing in this post is very good - very well written and very persuasive. I think that you nailed the structure of the post, having an introduction with thesis, opposing view, supporting view, and then your analysis/conclusion.
The only think missing is facts. You mention a poll that you came across, but you didn't disclose the actual numbers. Give the numbers. Share the data. These are the facts that you need to fully strengthen your argument.
Your blog is persuasive, as is, but it is not fully credible until you provide cold, hard facts, figures, statistics, quotations from experts, etc - that help prove your thesis.
Use the fact sheet to help guide you through the research - so you can jot down these facts when you come across them. They're in every article and video that I post.
Secondly, you've got to add pictures to your post - catch your readers attention. Find images on Google that support your theme and thesis. They will ad a design element that will appeal to more readers (hypothetically). It's part of the instructions.
Overall, I think that your post shows much improvement in your writing. It's poised, well paced, and well organized. Lets infuse these facts and images, and you'll be hitting greatness.
GR: 80