If the democrats can get super majorities in both houses at the midterms, they can reverse citizens united, codify roe v wade, secure voting rights for all americans, & get an assault weapons ban in place.
Trump can veto but they can override & make it the law if they have super majorities.
Money was never supposed to be in politics, but over the years, so many creative loopholes have been used to allow bribes. We might as well forget having integrity or laws.
“…In 2024, multiple reports surfaced accusing McEntee of sending inappropriate and sexually explicit messages to young women, including teenagers, through social media platforms…” He was canned in Trump’s first term for gambling. He’s considered to be one of Moron’s most trusted aides. Pure scum.
Capitalism is the enemy of democracy. Democracy is the principle that people decide what the law should be. Capitalism is the principle that wealth decides what the law should be.
Absolutely, but how do we get money out of politics when the vast majority of politicians just want to enrich themselves rather than help their constituents?
That's going to have to be pried from their hands. Everyone has had a taste and they love it.
The really dishonest ones, the Trump-class grifter, would stay because of the influence. Different set of restrictions.
No stocks. No interests they can influence. No real estate. Let's just elect renters.
Thank Reagan for "trickle down" economics. Under Trump, billionaires will decide what cuts to make to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Veteran's benefits, education for poorer states, food stamps for hungry children in order to fund an extension of Trump's tax breaks for billionaires.
As Justice Louis Brandeis, who witnessed our previous Gilded Age, said: 'We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.'
True. Nothing would get done if ALL money were gone, but I really can't get my head around how the MAGAts' heads would explode if George Soros PURCHASED an election like Musk did, or PURCHASED 3 SCOTUS seats, as Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society did. The country would be in flames.
The rest of the free world already knows this. The United States' campaign finance model nullifies its pretentions of democracy. Elections are (mostly) about who can raise the most money rather than policy, and it is irreversible.
It's a version of "we need more guns to combat gun violence"
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Trump can veto but they can override & make it the law if they have super majorities.
All elections should be government funded. Every candidate should receive equal funding.
You can spend millions to decorate your yard or office building to support your candidates, but giving them cash and gifts is a NO.
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#FakeMoney??
Not Thiel.
The guilty little shit was actually named McEntee:
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/10/the-grift-behind-project-2025-leader-john-mcentee-made-an-app-to-hustle-cash-from-lonely-maga-men/
Oops. Not Thiel but McEntee.
Stupid motherfuckers voted for Jill Stein.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/16/clinton-will-push-constitutional-amendment-to-overturn-citizens-united/
The really dishonest ones, the Trump-class grifter, would stay because of the influence. Different set of restrictions.
No stocks. No interests they can influence. No real estate. Let's just elect renters.
- Joni Mitchell
It's a version of "we need more guns to combat gun violence"