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June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Starting with …
Starting with acknowledgement to Mr. Sanders for professsional grade work, I ask how is it that we are discussing HealtCare, Pharmaceutical & Financial as though separate and distinct issues? At a minimum, the broad advertising and intake of pharmo-active materials could be related to apathetic non-participation could be that the Congress only doing what is asked of them.
{ i.o.w. do-nothing }
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Senator Sanders …
Senator Sanders raises a good point. Without the ability of our vote to outweigh the power of corperate spending we have no freedom to vote as a result. This issue needs to be fixed and the supreme court needs to get their heads out of their asses.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
@solopony7 There’s …
@solopony7 There’s more lobbyists than politicians, good luck.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
USA is an …
USA is an imperialist state.
SHAME ON YOU USA !
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Your country …
Your country violently invaded Constantinople in the 15th century.
SHAME ON YOU TURKEY
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Gosh I was thinking …
Gosh I was thinking if the top broadcasting companies reserved time for free political campaigns could that help solve this problem at least a little bit.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Hello! If you are …
Hello! If you are concerned about the Jan 21, 2010 Supreme Court ruling on unlimited corporate funding of political ads like I am search on YouTube for Corporations Aren’t People. They are running a viral video contest to get people feelings about this. There is a $200 first prize. This issue has me so concerned I created a video and posted it on YouTube for the first time. Seeing other people post comments gives me us. Smart and Good Hearted People unite to let the voice of people be heard.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
USA has supported …
USA has supported the Armenian terrorism.
SHAME ON YOU USA
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
two party system is …
two party system is a distraction its meant to divide the electrolate, while those that paid their way to office pick our pokets. elected officials are used to tell us why wesh ould except this or that and to cloud issues. we are controlled by the notion that we have it good. good is the enemy of better and great
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
@EnhancementSmoker …
@EnhancementSmoker
IIRC, there are still limits on contributions to candidates, the change is that they can now buy ad time within 30 days of an election.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
thats not quite …
thats not quite correct. corporations/unions can now donate directly from their treasuries, rather than setting up PACs.
corporations shouldnt be afforded free speech rights…they arent human…
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
The limits for …
The limits for giving directly to candidates didn’t change, only the censorship of Free Speach right before an election.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
The one word that …
The one word that best describes the US Congress is corrupt. Money corrupts, and our “representatives” need huge amounts to get re-elected. Since most ordinary voters can only make very small contributions to campaigns the pols rely on monied interests. So who in the end do the pols represent? Of course…the monied interests.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I have read the …
I have read the comments that have been made so far and agree with some of them , however. Don’t look at small issues .The major issue is that he is speaking about , and fighting against human greed at it’s finest . I have never heard of this guy before , but i respect him . If youy want a better existance , it starts with the mirror .
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I believe the …
I believe the individual cap is only $2,000. Corporations are also considered “people”, so they have the same cap.
I may be wrong, but the problem is “soft money” (given to the Party instead of the candidate) which is nearly unlimited. Worse, they can “earmark” their donations so it benefits only a particular candidate. Nice little loophole for those with deep pockets.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
@BI30 I know the …
@BI30 I know the average citizen is only allowed to give 20,000 at once to a candidate, but are corporations limited in what they can give?
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
The biggest expense …
The biggest expense of any political campaign is TV advertising. If Congress (or the FCC) could create the public-access equivalent to CSPAN that does nothing but give major-party candidates free airtime, that could go a long way to leveling the playing field and getting the big-money out of politics.
The biggest hurdle is that those with deep pockets will still be able to purchase network airtime, and the 1st Amendment prevents limiting that.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I disagree with a …
I disagree with a lot of his views but he is one of the few Democrats that seem to welcome debate and that I respect.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
You are so right, …
You are so right, and I pray that things change in my lifetime.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I’m a libertarian, …
I’m a libertarian, but I love this man because he has integrity. Give Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders and let them work out their differences.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
The Presidential …
The Presidential Debates were controlled and manipulated by the major networks. Which is totally fucked.
See Kucinich, Gravel and Ron Paul’s debate experiences. All three kicked by the networks out of the debates… and Kucinich fought back with a court order.. and was shut down again when the network had the courts decision overturned. The whole country is bought not just Congress.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Go Bernie!
“It is …
Go Bernie!
“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.” – Thomas Jefferson
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I don’t think it …
I don’t think it have any thing to do with lobbyist. I know it is the companies that own this country.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
There are 237 …
There are 237 millionaires in US Congress, that’s 44% of representatives compared to 1% of Americans overall.
Richest is California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa with a net worth estimated at about $251 million. That’s what Politico article “Report: 237 millionaires in Congress” says.
June 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Dump the US dollar …
Dump the US dollar it can no longer function at the world level it is tainted due to regulations have been removed .
The world is now moving to another currency the gangster in America will leave you all in the gutter of the third world soon if you do not knock some sense into them.