Ralph Nader On The Rise of Bernie

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55. I like his ideas about the "civic marathon." Ad hominems can't diminish this man's ideas.

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Some good ones:

1. That we have to have people who don't suffer from "justice fatigue," people who have long attention spans...

2. The Citizens' Summons: A decentralization idea where all it takes is 1% of people in congressional districts that reflect majority opinion to turn Congress around using 435 districts with people who pledge 300-500 hours a year, an office with 3-4 full-time people; they then summon their senator & representative to their own town meetings to tell them where they want the country to go, set a legislative agenda and even write bills...

3. 500 people summoning a senator/rep WILL be responded to

4. Told a billionaire that for $5 million you could make the Pentagon auditable in 2 years

Good stuff.