The Wall Street Journal has an article, Big Donors Plan Boost in Campaign Spending which states:

Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., whose family owns the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise, is forming a political organization with other individuals to run advertisements against lawmakers who use spending earmarks to steer government funds to home-state projects, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Given the outrage about this ruling, perhaps it is time to call on corporations to support true representative democracy in the United States and pledge not to meddle in U.S. politics. Those that make such a pledge should be supported. Those that try to disenfranchise their patrons by through actions like Mr. Ricketts should be boycotted.

It is worth noting that business leaders, including executives and retired executives from companies like Met Life, Hasbro, Delta, Crate and Barrel, and Stride Rite have urged Congress to pass the Fair Elections Now Act. These executives should lead the charge in getting companies to sign a Good Business Pledge of Noninterference in U.S. Politics.