{"id":238044,"date":"2010-01-27T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2010-01-27T14:36:20","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T19:36:20","slug":"grayson-introduces-%e2%80%98business-should-mind-its-own-business-act%e2%80%99-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/238044","title":{"rendered":"Grayson Introduces \u2018Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act\u2019 In Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/bill-to-tax-corporate-political-contributions-at-500-introduced.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6ab35_AlanGrayson.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/>Last week the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision overturning restrictions on corporations\u2019 political activity. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/bill-to-tax-corporate-political-contributions-at-500-introduced.html\">The Consumerist<\/a> reports that, in response, cranky rogue Florida congressman Alan Grayson has introduced a bill before Congress called the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/z?c111:H.R.4431:\">Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act<\/a>.\u201d The BSMOBA would tax corporate political contributions and spendings on political ads at a rate of 500%.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure what the odds are of this getting any traction, but one can always dream.<\/p>\n<div id=\"crp_related\">\n<h3>Possibly Related Posts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/25\/watchdog-groups-warn-%e2%80%98corporate-globalization%e2%80%99-of-us-elections-is-upon-us.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"crp_title\">Watchdog groups warn: \u2018Corporate globalization\u2019 of US elections is upon us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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