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Money has taken over our political system in a way that is simply horrifying. Special interest groups, in particular corporations, unions, Wall Streeters and bankers, dominate our politics. But we are not helpless.
The United States government has experienced absolutely no difficulty in borrowing the money needed to cover its short-fall in revenue relative to expenditures.
One simple way to reduce the deficit would be to eliminate federal subsidies and tax breaks for oil and gas companies. Unfortunately, the committee's members are highly unlikely to even consider making big oil pay its fair share.
The very real benefits that corporations, unions, political parties, and the individuals within them have brought to our country, these are the ties that blind the American people from the true cause of our unrest.
Analysts and reporters need to stop looking in mirrors and start scrutinizing data. There is little evidence that Congressional polarization is rooted in sharp differences in public sentiment.
We must admit that we no longer believe the democratic process should be informed by genuine debate, where our representatives give other arguments an honest hearing and respond thoughtfully -- and occasionally change their minds.
Given that our next Congress will be elected under the heavy influence of corporate campaign spending, how can citizens get two-thirds of the members to support a constitutional amendment that would change the rules by which they were chosen?
The 2012 elections are expected to be the most expensive ever, and awash in the secret spending should our leaders fail to enact reforms.
Stephen Colbert's terrible idea, the Colbert Super Pac, is again making a mockery of our campaign finance laws.
Mitt Romney disclosed that 70% of his total fundraising of $18,383,256 came from donors giving the maximum allowable contribution of $2,500. This means that almost $13 million of his total amount raised came from just 5,147 people.
When handing out political favors is standard operating procedure, it is not surprising that many Americans fear our elected officials are more interested in doing what their campaign donors want than what's in the public's interest.
Americans as a whole are out of luck -- the victims of deceptive policies created by corporate lobbyists and right wing think-tanks, and paid for by the fortunate few under a legalized system of bribery called campaign finance.
The clear and unanimous ruling by the FEC today should put an end to any talk of federal candidates and officeholders, and national party officials soliciting unlimited contributions for Super PACs.
The emerging spectacle that is campaign fund raising is a national embarrassment, a situation no one would recommend to a newly emerging democracy.
The Supreme Court today denied a request for the Court to review the decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Green Party v. Lenge that uphe...
It's official. It is the end of major combat operations in the Class War, and the wealthy have won, hands down.