Jimmy Carter calls for return to publicly financed elections

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17. The public is ALREADY PAYING for elections THROUGH THE HIGH COSTS OF insurance, education, prisons..

Voters here in the U.S. must demand PUBLICLY FINANCED ELECTIONS with strict spending limits because if you look at the big picture, we ARE ALREADY PAYING for elections THROUGH THE HIGH COSTS OF insurance, education, prisons, crime, pharmaceuticals, energy, food (future food prices could sky-rocket with thanks to Mansanto) and even war. Much of the money you spend on goods goes into the pockets of a politician who may vote on legislation that is bad for you or worse, for the entire country.

You know the saying, "the best Congress money can buy! " - it is more truthful now than ever with the conservative SCOTUS ( 5 GOP appointed / 4 Dem appointed) making "Citizens United" legal. The word "Citizens" is really 'Corporations', but conservative leaders don't tell us that. Many Dem leaders have called for the end of "Citizens United" but not ONE single word coming from Republicans. Care to guess why??

We are quickly on our way to becoming a third-world country where leaders are paid-off by corporations and the "we people" are left out of the picture.