January 19th, 2011
02:28 PM ET
10 years ago
Political Circus: Ben & Jerry's founders take on the high court
Washington (CNN) - Politics is serious business - but not all of the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance.
No 'Chunky Monkey' for Supreme Court
The founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream have a new target - and it isn't Haagen-Dazs. It's the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Hu cares... get it? Sometimes I crack myself up!
The irony is, probably the best way to counter the Citizens United decision is to abuse it to the Nth degree, thereby generating the evidence the legislature would need to create a legislative record displaying the societal damage caused by allowing unfettered campaign spending by giant corporations who, after spending billions of dollars promoting their favorite puppet, of course then turn around and make the rest of us pay for it by raising the prices of their goods and sevices. B&J probably won't do it, but the rest of them surely will, and we'll suffer for it in the long run.