Forum Post: Even if you arrest all the protestors across this nation, you still have not fixed the fundamental problems
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 14, 2011, 8:59 p.m. EST by Toynbee
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Our representatives are not "representing us" when they focus on the protest rather than the broken and, in many instances, corrupt systems in government and commerce.
For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for. We need to get the money out of our politics. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the lap dogs of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests.
Absolutely 100%!
Campaign Finance Reform needs to be a top priority.
Will our elected "representatives" have the juevos to make meaningful change?
The people do not yield their sovereignty to the bodies that serve them.
The people insist on remaining informed.
The people insist on retaining control over the legislative bodies they have created.
And the People are not Corporations!
There are no corporations buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Right on!