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In reply to the discussion: Houston, we have a problem. [View all]MadameButterfly
(1,182 posts)of tax breaks and loopholes, sought by lobbyists on behalf of said billionaires
End Citizens United which helps rich people secretly fund campaigns with unlimited $ that benefit them financially.
Campaign finance reform to allow non-wealthy people to run for office. IMO this should include limits on ones' own spending on a campaign so the Bloombergs of the world can't buy any more elections. Otherwise we become an oligarchy.
Stop giving more and more tax cuts to the wealthy while our taxes fund the roads and educate the citizens that make their businesses run.
End the spiral of deregulation which allows corporations to defraud consumers and make obscene profits at the expense of the enviornment, etc. which taxpayers then have to clean up.
Support public eduction at all levels and unions which give average people a chance to move up financially in the world and get paid fair wages for honest work.
Hold the Supreme Court accountable by creating ethics rules that are enforceable and impeach justices who accept lavish gifts from billionairs who have cases before the court
Make Net neutrality permanent so that we all have a level playing fieldj, not one that favors the wealthy whenever Republicans are in power.
Restore journalistic standards and apply them to social media so half the country is not voting based on alternative facts and unwittingly against their own finanacial (and other) interests.
i'm not trying to bombard you here, you seemed genuine in wanting to hear problems/solutions, and I could go on and on. This is just a start. I hope it is constructive.
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