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IbogaProject

(5,848 posts)
7. Two issues, actually.
Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:30 PM
Oct 2021

Voting Rights and Campaign Finance Reform are the two most important issues. We have to catch ona or more Republican PACs or candidates taking foreign money. I feel no corporate money even if that bans labor unions from donating, they'd still be able to endorse and message their membership. The limit should be very low a few hundred per year with lower limit per candidate. I want a poor Grandma on low social security living in publuc housing having the same spending pull as Jeff Bezos. And limits on federal revolving doors and no corporate lobbying make the wealthy donors go themselves and beg for their handouts.

It will be a mess, both parties have probkems with catering to the donor class and their wasting so much time fundraising.

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Exactly right. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #1
True. Unfortunately our side actually has things we want to do that are important. They have nothing Walleye Oct 2021 #2
All the "important" things will disappear Cyrano Oct 2021 #3
No, you are right,I just don't know how we get past the filibuster Walleye Oct 2021 #5
We go after Manchin and Sinema without mercy Cyrano Oct 2021 #9
I wish we could. Manchin and his family are entrenched in West Virginia corruption Walleye Oct 2021 #11
So we go all out together MORE DEMS elected to the Senate. calimary Oct 2021 #20
It is a huge priority for the vast majority of elected democrats. Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #4
Frustrating. Chances are neither of these two will be reelected anyway Walleye Oct 2021 #6
Two issues, actually. IbogaProject Oct 2021 #7
Campaign finance reform can wait Cyrano Oct 2021 #10
You are correct that campaign finance reform is really not the answer Walleye Oct 2021 #12
Damn right. NT Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #8
yes! k&r Pobeka Oct 2021 #13
DAMN RIGHT.If it isn't we played ourselves.Laser focused.Front and Center.Carve Out the Filibuster. ancianita Oct 2021 #14
Simply cannot be done with the filabuster, Manchin & Sinema in play. Must be Grass Roots. Tommymac Oct 2021 #15
Then Manchin and Sinema must be taken out of play Cyrano Oct 2021 #17
Yep. Working on that right now. calimary Oct 2021 #21
One small caveat: 11 Bravo Oct 2021 #16
THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF THE OP!!! Cyrano Oct 2021 #18
Got it. Now try the decaf. 11 Bravo Oct 2021 #19
Totally agree. ananda Oct 2021 #22
Thanks, ananda. But I don't know how we beat them today Cyrano Oct 2021 #23
This time it's about a new civil war. ananda Oct 2021 #24
Climate change is going to make us wish that voting rights was the most important issue of the day. Kaleva Oct 2021 #25
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