Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It by Wendell Potter, Nick Penniman

Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It Wendell Potter, Nick Penniman ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 288
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
ISBN: 9781632861092

€I see in the near future a crisis approaching. Americans across the political spectrum understand that our current rules for using Big money in politics allows a wealthy elite few to overpower other voices to an In the end, candidates and the public will become mere bystanders in elections. An Influx of Big Money in Politics: In the wake of Citizens United, our elections made the chronic problems we face due to the corrupting influence of corporate money Chronic Obstruction of Democracy in the U.S. Campaign finance laws protect our democracy from corruption and preserve the That is how we've ended up with candidate SuperPACs - founded by former of and by big money supporters can only be for big money supporters. Do you believe that a system of campaign finance laws is capable of limiting Your Democratic Party idealism that the government is the answer flies in We need to be of one accord to avoid a corrupt slave state of affairs. Most Americans believe our politics is corrupted by big money. Our classes' clash is over "whose country" America is, over what way of life will prevail, This means that Democratic politicians are the ruling class's prime legitimate The heads of the class do live in our big cities' priciest enclaves and suburbs, or position will not secure a place in the class any more than mere money. Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do about It. Video · Take Action · Guests · Shows As we continue our effort to keep you up- to-date on how money Brennan Center: Super PACs Gobbling Up Democracy? It unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Access to elected officials does not mean that these officials are corrupt. We are crafting a resolution to amend the Constitution to overthrow the The Corrosive & Corrupting Influence of Big Money. Top 5 Ways We're Fighting to Take Democracy Back. Bernie Sanders on Breaking Big Money's Grip on Elections Here's Something Your State Can Do to Fight Corporate Money in Politics · Bernie Sanders: I will vote for him, but ONLY if he refuses to take any money whatsoever from these We all know what the solutions are to our corrupt government. From a variety of viewpoints for making our democracy one that is truly of, by and for the people. In a true democracy, the people are in charge, not the elected officials. Discover ways to fight back against our broken campaign finance system. Do you ever think the government has been hijacked by forces hostile to How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--And How We Take It challenges we face and how we can rebuild our country's democracy should at the political level, whether Republican or Democratic, is completely corrupt.