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cyberswede

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6. Here's one
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:04 PM
Jan 2012

...from a John Nichols article - some group (that I can't recall...) is encouraging caucus goers to propose this:

“to defend democracy from the corrupting effects of undue corporate power by amending the United States Constitution to establish that: 1. Only human beings, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights, and 2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.”

I'm in Iowa, and I'm going tonight, too.

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OK.. push to amend.. Make "person" into "natural person" and get the Corporation back to uncorporeal annabanana Jan 2012 #1
And political contributions can be no more than $500 per person (whether human or corporate) rfranklin Jan 2012 #11
That is the one that really needs to be pushed. jwirr Jan 2012 #23
Add this to each plank, ..."unless Obama says otherwise." comipinko Jan 2012 #2
Push for big jobs program, for one -- to keep the pressure on. Ship of Fools Jan 2012 #3
A New Deal JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author groovedaddy Jan 2012 #5
Here's one cyberswede Jan 2012 #6
I enjoy the caucus process and all Skidmore Jan 2012 #16
'Do what you will shall be the whole of the law' might be useful. K&R (nt) T S Justly Jan 2012 #7
Aleister, is that you? DevonRex Jan 2012 #10
How about the 1956 Republican Party platform. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #8
Single Payer, Universal Health care. RC Jan 2012 #9
single payer health care has been a plank since , at least 1976. comipinko Jan 2012 #12
I want this one also. jwirr Jan 2012 #24
Suggested Party Platform indypaul Jan 2012 #13
Yeah. jwirr Jan 2012 #25
Support Marriage Equality, OWS, Immigrant Amnesty and Millionaire Tax Hikes LonePirate Jan 2012 #14
I'm going to go with the majority, restore sufrommich Jan 2012 #15
Legalize it. That is all. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #17
Quit torturing people gratuitous Jan 2012 #18
Single payer health care Matariki Jan 2012 #19
Jobs Jobs Jobs. Starry Messenger Jan 2012 #20
Bring all our troops in foreign lands home AND rurallib Jan 2012 #21
Absolutely. jwirr Jan 2012 #27
MARRIAGE EQUALITY! William769 Jan 2012 #22
YES. jwirr Jan 2012 #28
Shorten prez campaigns to 3 months and public funding. Ban superpacs and citizens united. Erose999 Jan 2012 #26
That would also help. jwirr Jan 2012 #29
Move to Amend -- Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #30
rec'ing this thread. . needs more recs. . . . .n/t annabanana Jan 2012 #31
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