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Lawrence "Larry" Lessig (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic and political activist. He is a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications, and he has called for state-based activism to promote substantive reform of government with a Second Constitutional Convention. In May 2014, he launched a crowd-funded political action committee which he termed Mayday PAC with the purpose of electing candidates to Congress who would pass campaign finance reform.
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In 2010, Lessig began to organize for a national constitutional convention. He co-founded Fix Congress First! with Joe Trippi. Lessig called for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution in a September 24–25, 2011, conference co-chaired by the Tea Party Patriots' national coordinator, in Lessig's October 5, 2011, book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It, and at the Occupy protest in Washington, DC. Reporter Dan Froomkin said the book offers a manifesto for the Occupy Wall Street protestors, focusing on the core problem of corruption in both political parties and their elections. Lessig's initial constitutional amendment would allow legislatures to limit political contributions from non-citizens, including corporations, anonymous organizations, and foreign nationals, and he also supports public campaign financing and electoral college reform to establish the one person, one vote principle.
Sounds like someone we need to put in power.
It is time to put an end to the wealthy parasites infesting our government.
Do you only vote how the SuperPACs tell you to? I didn't think so. Neither do most people. They "own" our elections how exactly?
Regardless of if you are influenced by them or not, I think we can be in agreement (or at least hope so) that having this few people with so much influence is not a good thing.
Regardless of if you are influenced by them or not, I think we can be in agreement (or at least hope so) that having this few people with so much influence is not a good thing.
Of course it's not a good thing but that doesn't mean that the Constitution should be amended to outlaw SuperPACs. It's also important to note that the left sure loves its high dollar contributors just as much as the right.
My point was that no one is buying elections. This much money being involved isn't good, but its effect is not very large.
Regardless of if you are influenced by them or not, I think we can be in agreement (or at least hope so) that having this few people with so much influence is not a good thing.
Yeah like 535 members of congress passing laws over 300 million of us.
If those 132 people were the only ones who voted then blame it on them. And since they didn't I wont blame them.
We the people need to take personable responsibility and quit voting for the status quo. Because the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Must be nice that 132 people almost basically own our political process ...
... It is time to put an end to the wealthy parasites infesting our government.
That is because we no longer live in a democracy; it has transitioned into a plutocracy ruled by oligarchs. Ordinary people no longer have any influence on government, only Billionaires and Billion dollar corporations have influence on our elected leaders.
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