Complete Campaign Finance Reform is the solution to the root cause of most of our problems!

[Dustlawyer]

We are living under a shadow government that controls both parties, the Judiciary, and the media! They are able to do this because we allow legal bribery of our elected representatives in the form of campaign contributions. We have Defense contractors that own networks, and through these and talk radio they have brainwashed and distracted the masses. Do you believe that all of these social issues, although very important, are not what we need to be focusing on. With publicly funded elections (media that uses our airwaves can be made to air the commercials as part of their licensing requirement) we can limit the corporate influence on our political system.
To get there would require massive demonstrations and protests. It will also require us to convince the police of our cause because that is who they will use (again) to stop us. OWS scared them and so they are ready when it happens again. They will use the NSA spying on us to identify these movements before they get off of the ground.
Republicans and Democrats should both be for this if they truly care about this country and realize the extent things have changed in our Democracy in the last 35-40 years. We have to understand that they have polarized the parties so that we will have trouble ever working together. The polarization has also helped to distract us. How many things right now do they have us upset about? How many things are political that used to be apolitical? Look at the topics here on DU at any given time and see how many of them that we are protesting about, that with politicians not owned by special interest, would be properly taken care of. North Carolina and Texas would not be doing the voter I.D. Laws and abortion restrictions from hell to circumvent Roe v. Wade, instead we should be doing Wall Street reform, jobs, environment, energy, health care... You can look at what's in the public eye and realize there are other things more important that are not mentioned.
I am looking to wake up people to what is going on behind the scenes and how they are being played. I am looking to attack the root problem, CORRUPTION OF OUR ENTIRE POLITICAL SYSTEM! I am not good with technology and have my hands full working on the BP oil spill case (daily examples of how big money corrupts the judicial process). There are many much better than I at articulating our situation. My suggestion would be that when you are fighting for the issues close to your heart, think about how it would be handled if your Representatives were not biased by special interests. Also, when protesting your issue, say for example stand your ground laws and Trayvon Martin, add in that we need honest, Independent politicians through campaign finance reform that are not beholden to the gun lobby. We need politicians not owned by insurance companies and Big Pharma to pass universal health care. We need politicians not owned by the tobacco, alcohol, and Big Pharma (again) to pass medical pot... We need to be active and fight!!!

[PDJane]

1. You are quite right.

But getting that particular change is going to be extremely difficult; the moneyed interests like the status quo.

[Dustlawyer]

3. It will be very difficult. I am afraid things have to get worse than being spied upon, paid next to

nothing, government in the bedroom and doctors office... Yes it will be difficult because we are fighting for control over our government and our lives. They will fight like hell to keep it. Most likely people will sleep through all of this and wake up as a "Prole!"

[Nay]

2. ....and that's why we will never get campaign finance reform. It pays off too well for

legislators, judges, corporations, etc. Those folks don't care about our piddly 'problems' -- they care about amassing money and power for themselves.