Full public financing of congressional elections would be a BARGAIN for the American people
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People who say money in elections doesn't matter (because, look, Jeb! lost): Today's tax drafting fiasco is best evidence $ buys donors and lobbyists access to help sneak in provisions that no one pays attention to until it is too late but sometimes are worth billions of dollars.
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I make this case, in detail, here:https://www.amazon.com/Plutocrats-United-Campaign-Distortion-Elections/dp/0300212453/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1512172268&sr=8-5&keywords=richard+l.+hasen …
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Too true.
@amprog shows $1.5 Billion from corporate sources to tax writing committees & last weeks bill giving $937 Billion in tax cuts to corporations & businesses. Argues for public financing, no lobbyist fundraising, & new ban on committee contributionshttps://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2017/11/30/443490/corporate-donors-get-tax-breaks-5-ways-fight-back/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This is a freakin’ heist!! I can’t believe this is our government?!?!?
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Bribery disguised as Lobbying. This why USA is No longer seen by many experts as a Democratic Republic.......this is now, a
#1PartyRule=#GOP. Govt by the@GOP, for the Rich & of the most Corrupt Money can buy. -
Don't give up. We have a chance to turn things around in 2018. And we will. We're more organized and ready to get the vote out.
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Imagine putting a million dollars on each 38 numbers of a roulette wheel but getting paid out 10,000:1 when you hit. That’s what these billionaires are doing with politicians
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Every lobbyist who writes such a special provision that benefits a handful of people and costs the rest of us, and every Senator who sponsors it, should be called out for their hatred of the
. The USA is all of us, not just them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Those in the
#SCOTUS that sided with Citizens United need to have#GOP quotes about their billionaire donors threatening to close their wallets if Rs don't get#GOPTaxScam passed painted in large scarlet letters everywhere they frequent.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I dont understand this. How can it ever be "too late"? Its never too late for a politician to lose their credibility in the eyes of the voters and its never too late to change the law.
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1) How can we identify and "out" the big donors so we can protest them as they are the real legislators passing laws that impact us all. 2) How do we break the power of gerrymandering and the incumbency? 3) How do we turn more people from spectators to participants in democracy
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Read Supreme Court Declares Money Not Corrupting in Politics published 11/4/14 at The Examined Life and found at http://alansacker.blogspot.com/2014/11/supreme-court-declares-money-not.html …. I wonder if Kennedy regrets his decision.
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The only hopeful thing is that corporations can’t (yet) vote but we can.
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The solution to
#PayToPlay corruption in government by BOUGHT politicians IS TO SHRINK GOVERNMENT cut taxes for everyone#TaxationIsTheftThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Usually the people saying money doesn't matter in elections are the ones benefiting from money in elections.
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Yep. It matters. You’re cited here https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2409717 …
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you hit the nail on the head... the $$ does not NEED to buy elections the just by the laws they want to follow and will provide a handy ROI if they could do it without legislators at all, i'm sure they would be happy as a clam at high tidepic.twitter.com/jXXFO4nC0z
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Money doesn't always win elections, but it sets the agenda.
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