Grim, Grim, Grim in Wisconsin by MSW. MGB: While it is certainly true that Citizens United must be dealt with, it likely only will when it becomes an electoral issue - where raising so much money is a downcheck in the minds of voters. We are not there yet. It is no shock that money is important in politics, since money is important everywhere. The answer is not to wall off financial influence in the public sector - but to do so in every sector. In a cooperativist society where no one is "owned" as employee, but instead is marked by mutual ownership and both cooperative labor and production, money and politics will no longer be an issue because wealth will no longer equal power.
As to the more particular question of Wisconsin, Citizens United has nothing to do with it. Under Wisconsin law, which controls in local campaign finance, recalled officials are not limited as to what they can raise. Meanwhile, hopefully organized labor will wake up from their Democratic Party stupor and rededicate itself to building a more cooperative workforce rather than being political power players. That would be a good result.
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