Sunday, August 31, 2014

US: Citizen-funded Battle to save Democracy from Corporate manipulation


Mayday.us: A Citizen-Funded Super PAC to End All SuperPACs

While infrastructure collapses, while our schools fail, while we have a healthcare system that costs too much and does too little, while climate change remains totally unaddressed, while our tax system remains a gift to those who can afford to lobby for loopholes, politicians from both parties still spend endless time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the One Percent.

And as a recent study from Princeton confirms, the result of this fundraising culture is a government that is responsive to that tiny fraction of the one percent while, "Average American citizens have little or no independent influence."

We want to fight back.

Lawrence Lessig talks about the #MaydayPAC at http://mayday.us and why it is important to take action now to get a Congress dedicated to reform by 2016.

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