Last night at the Aitkin County Republicans dinner, multi-millionaire Stewart Mills III announced his belief that the First Amendment extends to corporations – that the dark money flooding our political system in a post-Citizens United world is A-ok.
Stewart Mills III has already made clear he believes it’s “personally offensive” that the rich are asked to pay their fair share – and naturally his “flatter” tax code proposal would mean millionaires like himself would pay less taxes.
We also know his views on the minimum wage: despite at one point making $1600 an hour at a job he was handed, Mills has called the minimum wage “unconstitutional” and “an admission of failure”, and naturally opposes raising it so that Minnesotan workers can make a living wage.
So why would anyone be surprised that a multi-millionaire, who has already dropped $1,000,000 into his own campaign fund, supports policies allowing other multi-millionaires and giant corporations to influence our political system with money?
“Stewart Mills III just asserted his belief that money is influence – unsurprising given he is ‘personally offended’ at the suggestion that the rich aren’t already paying their fair share, while opposing tax cuts for the middle class,” said DCCC Spokeswoman Sacha Haworth. “While multi-millionaire Stewart Mills III continues peddling his policies that hurt working families and allow corporations and the wealthy to control our political system, Rick Nolan is proving that he’s the only candidate who is truly on the side of Minnesota’s middle class.”