Money in politics is a cancer that has completely rotted our democracy, and Citizens United was the moment the floodgates were blasted open. That 2010 Supreme Court decision didn’t just allow more money into politics—it effectively put American democracy up for sale. By ruling that corporations and wealthy donors could spend unlimited amounts on elections under the guise of “free speech,” the Court didn’t protect democracy. It sold it to the highest bidder.

The result? SuperPACs—unregulated, billionaire-funded attack machines that drown out the voices of everyday people. These groups allow a handful of ultra-wealthy individuals to dictate elections, pouring in dark money with zero accountability. Corporations, lobbyists, and the richest 0.1% now control the conversation, pick the candidates, and buy the outcomes they want—whether it’s tax cuts for the rich, deregulation for industries that poison our air and water, or blocking healthcare and housing reforms that would actually help working people.

SuperPACs have nothing to do with free speech—they’re legalized corruption. When a single billionaire can dump hundreds of millions into an election, that isn’t democracy. That’s oligarchy. It’s why Congress won’t pass common-sense policies supported by the majority of Americans—because they don’t work for you, they work for the donors who bankroll their campaigns.

Both parties are guilty. Republicans openly defend corporate money in politics, while Democrats love to campaign on “getting money out of politics”—right before cashing their own SuperPAC checks. The system is broken because it’s designed to be broken—by the same people who profit from keeping it that way.

If we want a government that actually serves the people, Citizens United must be overturned, SuperPACs must be abolished, and corporate money must be ripped out of our elections. Until then, every “democratic” election in America will be nothing more than an auction—where the rich buy policies that benefit themselves while the rest of us are left to suffer.