Eye Recommend --- GOP Sues for a Loophole to Raise Unlimited Money from Individuals

Reice Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee

GOP SUES FOR A LOOPHOLE TO RAISE UNLIMITED MONEY FROM INDIVIDUALS, by Nicholas Confessore
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/us/politics/gop-sues-in-effort-to-raise-unlimited-cash-from-individuals.html

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

"The Republican Committee filed a complaint on Friday to force federal election officials to allow the party to raise unlimited money from individuals, opening a new front in its legal battle on campaign regulation.

The lawsuit, filed in United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the national committee along with the Republican organization of Louisiana, would open a loophole in the 12-year-old law banning parties from raising unlimited checks from wealthy donors, unions and corporations, known as 'soft money.'"

The suit does not address the limits set on contributions from unions or corporations.  It asks only that the wealthiest among us be permitted to donate with no limit.  I guess they believe that if you're rich enough you should be able to purchase your own politician. 

"The suit does not challenge the ban on contributions from corporations and unions, though it leaves open the possibility of doing so later."

Because corporations are people too!  And no matter the amount of money in-pocket, it is never enough.

"Republican officials say the change would restore much-needed balance to the political playing field."

Say what?!  The playing field is already so weighted by the influence of big-money Republican donors that it teeters dangerously close to total corruption.

Super PACs are already free to raise unlimited funds for a party or a candidate. The GOP can, under current law, form its own PAC and legally raise unlimited funds.  The fly in the ointment here is that a GOP-run PAC could pay for ads and focus groups, but is supposed to be walled off from the day to day running of the party.  (That's the theory, but the restriction is only loosely warded.  The last campaign cycle saw Republican candidates working out of the same offices as their "independent" Super PAC.)

Now the Republican Party doesn't want to even pretend to live by the law.  They want direct access, with no limitations, to all the money they can get their hands on.

Welcome to the Era of the Robber Barons, 21st Century Style...where, if you can't pay, you don't get to play.