Mission impossible 5 common sense media
“Even if money is speech shouldn’t it be subject to reasonable limits so that it won’t trample the rights of others?” “is money really speech and are corporations really people?” At some point we should really revisit what is currently the law of the land as enshrined in the infamous 2010 Citizens United ruling and ask: ( Check out this shocking CBS News report which details how legislators can be forced to spend up to 40% of their time dialing for dollars!). Money is also a huge factor in the problem of the “revolving door” – where legislators leave office (potentially after having had a hand in legislation favorable to particular special interests) and then shortly afterwards land lucrative jobs at said special interests.įinally, the focus on money is not just during campaign time, it can eat in to governance time as well. (You’ll have no idea who is bad-mouthing you in a last minute smear ad if you are running for office!). Plus, that money can be “dark” meaning the source doesn’t have to be disclosed. Note that money isn’t bad in and of itself – it’s just that political action committees (PACs) can receive unlimited funding from special interests (like unions, corporations, billionaires, etc.) which effectively drowns out the spending an average person can contribute. Un-bridled money corrupts the system in many ways. There are 3 key contributors to why our political system is so broken: Don’t take my word for it – look at these stats from various polls: You see, our political system is very corrupted and broken right now. If vision is what we want to SEE happen then mission is what we want to DO to realize our vision.
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This week we want to talk about the mission of Represent Us.
#MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5 COMMON SENSE MEDIA SERIES#
The end of our series is just the beginning! The “E” in Vote stands for “Enact enduring, model legislation”ġ2. The “T” in VOTE stands for “Triangulate our politicians”ġ1. The “O” in VOTE stands for “Obtain political leverage”ġ0. The “V” in VOTE stands for “Vocalize our message”ĩ. The “X” in FIX stands for “X-ecute our Fulcrum strategy”Ĩ. The “I” in FIX stands for “Incentivize collaboration amongst our politicians”ħ. The “F” in FIX stands for “Fight corruption via the Anti-Corruption Act”Ħ. “ FIX” the system by getting out the “ VOTE“ĥ.
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“Common-sense people campaigning for common-sense politics.” “good candidates –> good governance –> good society” In case you are joining us for the first time here’s what we’ve covered so far in our series: Welcome to part 3 of a 12 part series where I can share with you, at a slightly deeper level, what we envision our state and country can look like through our work with Represent Us!