The Republicans are terrified to stand up, but publicly financed campaigns would change that.

[mahina]

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If campaigns were publicly financed, the Koch brothers power and all the other legal bribery would vanish.

There's an immense common ground between left, right and center Americans who know our system is corrupt. There's never been more at stake and I pray to all above that we can put our differences aside and support Common Cause.
http://www.commoncause.org

There's a signup to support stopping trump's conflicts of interest, and a Sessions watch as well as other resources to make change.

There's a Common Cause Hawaii, too, and there's on in your state as well.

I'm sure they could use some help, as there's nobody else I know of working to rid us of this broken system.

HOPE. Resist!

[democrank]

1. Getting money out of politics is one of the most important issues we face.

Public financing of campaigns should be our goal. Politicians spend so much time raising money, time they could use actually doing the people's business.

[mahina]

6. Bingo. Agreed completely, and here's a solid organizing group dedicated to just that.

Hope DUers jump in, even though we're all busy, tired, and beat up inside.

Never give up.

[Scarsdale]

9. Obviously

they prefer raising money. It connects them to wealthy donors. How do you suppose they ALL end up millionaires on their salary? I would say that is the driving factor for most politicians. The honest ones get tossed aside, do not get on Sunday TV shows. It is the greedy, money grubbers who are invited week after week to air their views.

[Skittles]

2. they're not terrified

they're COMPLICIT

[mahina]

3. True enough, most of them are. Not all. I haven't yet heard of anything holding as much hope.

[Skittles]

12. FUCK THEM ALL

you identify with a party that is misogynist, racist, homophobic, anti-worker, anti-science, anti-poor, pro-senseless war, pro-torture - YOU'RE A PIECE OF SHIT

[CurtEastPoint]

4. You are so right. NOTHING will change until $$$ is out of the picture.

Public financing, reduced campaign time, Citizens United outlawed.

[mahina]

7. Thank you but no disrespect intended, I've been singing this song for 26 years and I'm tired of bein

Right. Time to mobilize. I'm glad Common Cause is leading the way because I can not. But I can help, and I will. We have to.

[nikibatts]

5. If only we were smart enough to run some Dems as Republicans in those gerrymandered districts.

We have to adopt new tactics and think outside the circle..damn the box! It would be so easy in some of those areas where voters are ill-informed and only vote for Rs.

[grantcart]

8. But they are happy to leak, lol.

[dembotoz]

10. U make the faulty assumption that they have ethics

[Else You Are Mad]

11. The problem is that...

Congress will never vote to get money out of politics -- it would be voting against their own self interests. There is some hope that individual states, on their own, could vote to get money out of politics, but that is just like putting a bandaid over a gun shot wound. As I see it, the only sure way to get money out of politics is a constitutional amendment.

[mahina]

13. Supporting Common Cause, who is organized to do this work, is a start.

Sometimes I think one reason our values lose is we talk ourselves out of our responsibility to do what we can.