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Get Big Money Out of Politics
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Common Cause
Sponsored by: Common Cause
Wealthy campaign contributors and their lobbyists wield too much power in our political system. The influence of these big-money interests is a major reason that we cannot find solutions or even have a reasonable debate about health care, jobs, global warming, and many other pressing issues.
If we want to put the power of our democracy fully back into the hands of all Americans, then we need to change the way that we finance elections from top to bottom.
Under a full public financing system -- such as those already in use in Maine, Arizona, and Connecticut, and the one proposed for Congress -- qualified candidates who swear off special interest money and agree to spending limits receive public funds to run a competitive campaign.
Help get the influence of big money out of politics by urging Congress to support the Fair Elections Now Act for full public financing of congressional elections.
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We signed the “Get Big Money Out of Politics” letter!
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This is not a matter of party politics, if we do not return political power to the hands of the ordinary citizen, we are doomed as a free country!
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies Living piggy lives You can see them out for dinner With their piggy wives Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon. In their sties with all their backing They don't care what goes on around In their eyes there's something lacking What they need's a damn good whacking. The Beatles
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Not only is the money in the wrong hands, but it could be much better used for all the projects and infrastructure we so badly need. This is a good way to get back to some real priorities.
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big money has ruined our democratic ways & our country is a mess of problems now. We need integrity & hard work ethics back.
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We have lost our democracy. You gave us a plutocracy. I cannot live as an ordinary person in a plutocracy, for I am not wealthy. Please stand up for public financing of campaigns. The imbalance of wealth in this country of ours has brought us to the brink of destruction. PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING! yea!
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