Forum Post: Petition: Take the Money out of Politics
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 10, 2011, 4:50 p.m. EST by jgrasty
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from Bakersfield, CA
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If you are for Occupy Wall Street then sign my petition!
Take the money OUT of politics, Power to the People!
http://www.change.org/petitions/take-the-money-out-of-politics
Dylan Ratigan has a head start on you with Get the Money Out. 180,000 and growing rapidly. Google it. I suggest you join him, I did.
Thanks, I will!
210,00o and counting.
Woo woo!
It takes two to screw us! Politicians to hold us down, so then the Corporations can do the screwing!!! Politicians need better rules to follow to prevent lobbying! We tax payers should fund important elections, so the best person wins and not the one with the most money!!! The movement needs a leader with at least these demands!!!!!!!!!!! Pass The Word!!! Lets Get It Together!!!
at least petition the whitehouse on their site so you're not pissing in the wind
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/petitions
and sign this petition for review while you are at it
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/create-and-pass-28th-amendment-outlined-herein/DP4R7cCn?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
No! Let it be known, we must take politics out altogether. There is a way without politics. If you fight to replace politics with politics, you should not fight at all! This is the time to change forever. Change brings peace. Whilst one politician or rich man remains, there will be no change. this has been written before and is the truth.
Now that just sounds crazy
You gotta take all the money out of politics publicly funded campaigns I won't sign this crap
Better then nothing, like most things in life we have to start small and work our way up.
No the unions love this crap you put up I'm not about comprise Tyou though
Yea I agree, they do try to push their agenda by funding political campaigns.
So how could you support OWS
I am a proud member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party movement. All of you Occupy Wall Street liberal protestors can go straight to hell.
I made my wealth through honesty and hard work. How dare you tax me for it!
Yea the Tea Party, another sham organization created by the 1%ers (Koch Brothers) to push their bullshit corporate agenda. YOU are the problem, you are complacent and easily manipulated by corporate propaganda (Fox News), which leads you to believe that the have-nots are only trying to steal the "Hard Earned" money of the haves.
But guess what, the have-nots only want fair representation, which would lead to more progressive social programs and a fair tax system.
If you suppress the have-nots things like OWS will happen and it will only get worse, when they no longer have hope they will revolt against the system which has wronged them. By having progressive social programs you give the have-nots a latter to success, hope that they can make somthing out of themselves even though they have but little money. So you speak of hell and I assume your are "religious" because you are a tea partyer, doesnt the bible teach to help thy neighbor? guess you guys are just omitting that one.... Anyways, I am hard working, own my own business and make good money, and even I can see the government is corrupt and has an agenda aligned with the rich and not the people!
. It doesn't matter if you are a Republican, Independent, Democrat, Tea Partier, believe in Socialism or Capitalism. Contrary to what we believe none of us actually has a voice in this country. We have been taught to believe that if we elect our respective parties into power that our goals and ideas will be done. Well guess what people, it won’t. The only people in this country with a voice are the 1%ers and they have no allegiance to any specific political party!
Who are the 1%ers you may ask? Well I say they are the large corporations and special interest groups who TRULY run this country. They are the groups of individuals who spend millions upon millions of dollars each year to convince YOUR congressman, YOUR senator, and YOUR President to do what best suits them regardless as to what's in the best interest of the rest of the 99% of this country.
Think about it, the root of every problem we face as a country regardless as to political beliefs boils down to who's willing to pay the most money to see their agenda done. So until we fix this system of legalized BRIBERY also known as lobbying this country will never ever be the place we dreamed that it could be.
Oh and if you don't believe me, ask yourself when was the last time you tracked down your congressman or senator in the capital between meetings and offered up a large sum of money in order to see a piece of legislation passed that best interested you?
Yes! Lobbying is one of the biggest problems to our democracy, take the power away from them and their bribes and give it to the people where it belongs!