To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Limit business contributions to political campaigns
This U.S. Constitutional Amendment will define contributors to politicians or political causes as ordinary citizens. It will set limits as to how much individuals can contribute. It will remove from corporations, businesses, and their PACs or lobbyists the right to be on par with ordinary citizens when it comes to such contributions, and limit lobbying by such entities to written petitions to congressmen. Gifts or favors of any kind are prohibited.
Why is this important?
It was not the intention of American's founding fathers to encourage tyranny and manipulation of our political system by any entity, whether government, business, or religion. Rather, it was their intention that ordinary citizens be protected against such tyrannies, and to that end the Declaration of Independence was written and ratified. To the extent that corporations can outspend ordinary citizens in access to the politicians and lobbying for business interests, it creates a tyranny. The Supreme Court decision granting corporations unlimited right to contribute to politicians and policital causes should be overturned by a Federal constitutional amendment ratified in all 50 stattes.