On February 5th, 2014, Represent.Us premiered a 3-minute short film at Amnesty International’s “Bringing Human Rights Home” mega-concert.
There message: You shouldn’t have to buy access to your own government.*nbsp; That’s why we need to build a movement big enough to force our leaders to stop answering to special-interest cronies and start answering to the people.
America’s government is bought. Those who can throw campaign fundraisers and hire lobbyists get better treatment from our elected leaders than those who can’t.
CLICK HERE for more information and to sign their petition.
Represent.Us is a campaign to support the American Anti-Corruption Act: a law that would overhaul campaign finance, impose strict lobbying and conflict of interest laws, and end secret political money. They are mobilizing millions of Americans, conservatives and progressives, young and old, every issue group fighting K Street, online and offline, to join this campaign.
We refuse to accept that this is how our country should work.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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2 comments:
If it weren't for Stewart Mott giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign in 1968, the McCarthy crusade to topple President Lyndon Johnson and hasten the end of American involvement in Vietnam would not have happened that year. If it weren't for Ross Perot having the legal ability to spend millions of dollars setting up the Reform Party, the Reform Party would not have been born in 1995. Sometimes big spenders do things that are not only useful, but essential.
I guess I am in the middle on this. If there is transparency so we know where the money came from, I would agree. Also, I have no problem with self-funding.
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