Voice of the people: Vote your right of free speech

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Our constitutional rights of political free speech therefore extend well beyond the ballot box, and if we were to take the trouble to exercise that additional franchise, we just might slow down the fast-paced march of corporate dollars into Republican coffers.
Our constitutional rights of political free speech therefore extend well beyond the ballot box, and if we were to take the trouble to exercise that additional franchise, we just might slow down the fast-paced march of corporate dollars into Republican coffers.

Vote your right of free speech

Corporations are only exercising their constitutional right of free speech when they choose to donate large amounts to the Republican Party, well knowing that much of that money is used to erect barriers against the voting rights of minorities and the poor.

But hold on, corporations are not the only “people” that have constitutional rights of political free speech. We also can exercise our constitutional rights of free speech when we invest in companies that do not financially support the Republican Party, and if we were to affirmatively seek out the goods and services provided by those pro-democracy companies.

Our constitutional rights of political free speech therefore extend well beyond the ballot box, and if we were to take the trouble to exercise that additional franchise, we just might slow down the fast-paced march of corporate dollars into Republican coffers.

John Huber, Winter Haven

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