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The Freedom to Vote Act had a program to give block grants to states to fund campaigns.
To address that we would have to get an amendment to the constitution to give our government the power to protect themselves against corrupting influence
The Musk problem is a harder problem to take care of
Democratic Party organizations would have to rewire and 99% of nonprofit organizations would have to rewire to be less reliant on billionaires.
We have to find a way to bring it into harmony and to focus it in ways that will connect with ordinary people
About 60% of the U S population is approximately zero
Progressive organizations in Maine were told super funders would back out if they passed the initiative.
The least represented demographic groups in Congress are people without a college degree and people whose last job was blue collar
The Musk problem was created by Buckley vs Vallejo
The Fair Share Amendment was publicly popular and successful in raising revenue for roads and schools.
You have to accept there is something wrong with the system and you have to fix it
To address that we would have to get the Supreme Court to reverse this whole line of thinking
In the Democratic primary the party ought to adopt a rule that no candidate will accept and will actively block support from super PACs.
Diversity equity and inclusion is instrumental to the ideology of the 20 percent.
96% of Americans thought it important to reduce the influence of money in politics.