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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI've already seen Bernie delcare his support... I'd love to see hillary support this too.
Every American deserves an equal voice in government. That is our birthright of freedom, won through generations of struggle. But today our democracy is in crisis. American elections are dominated by billionaires and big money interests who can spend unlimited sums of money on political campaigns to protect their special interests at the general expense. Meanwhile, as the super-rich dominate the money primary that decides who can run for office, almost half of the states in the union have passed new laws that disenfranchise everyday voters, especially people of color and the poor.
This corruption violates the core principle of American democracy one person, one vote citizen equality. And it is blocking reform on virtually every critical issue facing our country: from addressing historic economic inequality, to tackling climate change and ending mass incarceration. We simply cannot solve the urgent crises that face our nation if we dont save democracy first.
But if the status quo goes unchallenged, the 2016 election already set to be the most billionaire-dominated, secret money-drenched, voter suppression-marred contest in modern American history will likely yield a President and a Congress more bound to the masters of big money than ever before. And our planet and people just cant afford that.
This corruption violates the core principle of American democracy one person, one vote citizen equality. And it is blocking reform on virtually every critical issue facing our country: from addressing historic economic inequality, to tackling climate change and ending mass incarceration. We simply cannot solve the urgent crises that face our nation if we dont save democracy first.
But if the status quo goes unchallenged, the 2016 election already set to be the most billionaire-dominated, secret money-drenched, voter suppression-marred contest in modern American history will likely yield a President and a Congress more bound to the masters of big money than ever before. And our planet and people just cant afford that.
http://www.democracyspring.org/
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I've already seen Bernie delcare his support... I'd love to see hillary support this too. (Original Post)
Bubzer
Apr 2016
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WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)1. yeah, his support is so strong
he called her a corporate whore. Yikes. Can we get any more republican?
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)2. You're right... being a corporate whore is pretty damn republican.
Zira
(1,054 posts)3. Did he? Where?
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)4. Didn't happen. It's a Trump(ed) up lie.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)5. No, it's not. He apologized today.
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)6. Sure he did. I can tell by your link... you know, the one that's not there.
It's right next to the proof you didn't post... and just as transparent.