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The Problem: "Early to bed, early to rise. Work like hell and organize." On that principle the Great American Middle Class was forged by our grandparents, in union sit-ins, suffrage marches and civil disobedience against second class citizenship. Today it is threatened by political dysfunction as dark money buys crooked politicians.
With Citizens United, SOCTUS has made bribery legal. Our Pols have been bought. Corrupting "dark" money, exemplified by best by the Koch Brothers and Karl Rove, corrupts at every level, school board to White House. We must stop the money laundering machine to take our democracy back from dark money interests that answer to no one. Their goal to stifle government as they amass fortunes ruining earths climate and stealing our pensions and social safety net. So it is not just the Great American Middle Class at risk, it is the garden planet and sustainable human society. Today voting rights are in the Koch machine's targets. They know they can't win elections so they must steal office instead, with Dark Money Laundering to hide illegal campaign activities. This is GBT, Government By Troll. Twelve Solutions: Twelve Steps to End Political Dysfunction restores democracy by the people to the people, by eliminating today's "mothers milk of politics", corrupting Dark Money, and it's illegal Laundering. It establishes national voting rights, regulates the big banks and restores the public responsibility for justice. The American Middle Class needs an offense. Arguing Republican talking points one by one has been a losing strategy. The media needs a story, let it be the people's Twelve Steps to End Political Dysfunction. Solve the problem that begets all problems, Dark Money.
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Karen
11/26/2013 01:31:02 am
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