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txlibdem

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6. We need to get millionaires OUT of politics... at all levels of gov't

Reply to madokie (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 08:14 AM

Jan 2012

Maybe it's time for some kind of affirmative action laws: that the government must match the racial, economic, social makeup of the people they govern.

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Our elected representatives are lying to us. Daily. All 537 of them. [View all] cherokeeprogressive Jan 2012 OP

Campaign finance reform would be a good start.. n/t poverlay Jan 2012 #1

!!! txlibdem Jan 2012 #4

Yup thats what pols do madokie Jan 2012 #5

We need to get millionaires OUT of politics... at all levels of gov't txlibdem Jan 2012 #6

No doubt about that madokie Jan 2012 #7

Affirmative action and Psych Tests for all would-be politicians txlibdem Jan 2012 #10

And mandatory public financing with NO OPT-OUT! txlibdem Jan 2012 #11

They are pols, and pols lie ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #2

They're millionaires... that's whose interests they'll ALWAYS be working for txlibdem Jan 2012 #3

Then the next question should be -- Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #8

I don't want them "managing" ANY part of my life. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2012 #12

Not picking a fight here but only trying to square the circle -- Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #14

I know they all are..and it's extremely disillusioning.. Upton Jan 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #13