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Which of these rings true? "Janitors are corrupt." "Teachers are corrupt." "Roofers are corrupt." "Dog trainers are corrupt." "Taxi drivers are corrupt." "Field hands are corrupt." "Retail workers are corrupt." "Gardeners are corrupt." "Politicians are corrupt."

I was a teacher and I can tell you of scrupulous practices by some ... as black Man I’ve been discriminated by taxi drivers... currently suing my corrupt contractor... I can continue there are bad actors in all professions and these blanket generalizations don’t move the ball.

Thats not the point here Jaime. There should be a wall between industry/monied interest and those in government. Crony capitalism, regulatory capture and the like have created massive income inequality. Our government is bought and cares more about their donors.

I don’t totally disagree... I would love to see a prohibition against those who lobby to give contributions to Members of Congress... I think that makes a lot of sense but I don’t think the courts would let it stand.

We're halfway to what's needed for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Can you enlighten me as to where overturning that ruling is in the DNC platform?

Dnc is wholeheartedly supportive of reversing citizens united ... a horrible ruling that has done irreparable damage

It's not irreparable unless we do nothing about it. I haven't seen a single Democrat-establishment candidate bring it up. And the *5* Democrats in my race certainly haven't broached the issue. It's not in the DNC platform, either. It's not a Democrat priority. At all.

I brought it up throughout the 2016 campaign... hillary and bernie both brought it up during their campaigns... it is one of many priorities but there is nothing we can do at this point until we take control of Congress and WH to pass new laws and/or replace conservative justices