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Law professor, activist, citizen, father (in reverse order).

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    1. Ryan Grim‏Verified account @ryangrim Jan 3

      House Democrats’ first major effort will be to provide matching public money for small donations to political campaigns, which would be transformativehttps://theintercept.com/2018/12/02/public-campaign-finance-hr1/ …

      6 replies . 114 retweets 346 likes
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    2. Beaker B Meeperson‏ @mkm1083 Jan 3
      Replying to @ryangrim

      Is that @RoKhanna's plan?

      1 reply . 0 retweets 9 likes
    3. Ryan Grim‏Verified account @ryangrim Jan 3
      Replying to @mkm1083 @RoKhanna

      It’s Sarbanes but he’s on board

      2 replies . 0 retweets 19 likes
    4. Ro Khanna‏Verified account @RoKhanna Jan 3
      Replying to @ryangrim @mkm1083

      I do support it. But ultimately hope we move to the Lessig/Ackerman/Feingold plan of giving each citizen 50 democracy dollar to spend and disincentivizing private financing of elections.

      11 replies . 19 retweets 149 likes
    5. Lessig‏Verified account @lessig Jan 3
      Replying to @RoKhanna @ryangrim @mkm1083

      First step is give up the professors’ names, and to call it what it is - Ro Khanna’s bill for empowering democracy. Happy to rally behind that too.

      2 replies . 18 retweets 88 likes
      Lessig‏Verified account @lessig Jan 3
      Replying to @NoFuncDemo @RoKhanna and

      It is good; Ro’s idea is better. Bring 85% of voters into the process rather than 30% (or who knows the precise numbers, but regardless the point is the same).

      7:47 am - 3 Jan 2019 From Boston, MA
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      • zorkamundo Terrance Jackson Mary Brack Pat ☭ Gritty Bernie Bro ☭ Ro Khanna Siderealization Dylan Cox🌹 No Functioning Democracy
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        2. Beaker B Meeperson‏ @mkm1083 Jan 3
          Replying to @NoFuncDemo @lessig and

          $50 for every voting age adult is $12.5B. It's about 2x as much as spent by both Presidential campaigns in 2016.

          2 replies . 0 retweets 1 like
        3. #MedicareForAll‏ @1BadBoy Jan 3
          Replying to @mkm1083 @NoFuncDemo and

          But that's for every federal election - house, senate and presidential. Seems a bit small to me at this point given how much was spent in prior elections. And what about state elections? Is there a provision for those as well?

          1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Beaker B Meeperson‏ @mkm1083 Jan 3
          Replying to @1BadBoy @NoFuncDemo and

          I didn't think about Congress. I don't think state and local races are part of the federal plan. Seattle did their own with a property tax I think.

          1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
        5. #MedicareForAll‏ @1BadBoy Jan 3
          Replying to @mkm1083 @NoFuncDemo and

          Correct, Seattle did their own plan. We get (4) $25 vouchers, and can assign them as desired. There are requirements of candidates so they qualify, but I like the program so far - available once so far.

          1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
        6. #MedicareForAll‏ @1BadBoy Jan 3
          Replying to @1BadBoy @mkm1083 and

          My point above is that there *should* be a provision for state and local races too! There is just as much (dark) money floating into these races as national races, and they are every bit as important!

          0 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Terrance Jackson‏ @NuPlaya Jan 3
          Replying to @lessig @NoFuncDemo and

          Our Government is Corrupt! https://wp.me/p47Kt7-1NC  “Our government has been bought and paid for by a bunch of billionaires and giant corporations that think they get to dictate the rules that affect everyone.” ~ Senator Elizabeth Warren

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