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I don't think there is anything more important than ending the undue influence on our government by Corporations and the rich. To that end it is time to end the ridiculous notion that Corporations are persons and are thus protected bythe Constitution. I've never heard anything so absurd! Once that has been done it is time to take back the financial system back fromt he private bankers and put it back in the hads of Congress. Why would we pay interest to private banks when we could print the money for free or pay ourselves the interest! Finally we need publically financed elections with instant-run-off voting to make our elections transparent, fair, and democratic. This will also eliminate "wasted" votes.  

corporate money

I think every single non-profit working for social justice or environmental causes or civil liberties or (you name it) should have getting corporate money out of politics number one on the list. If we had that accomplished, we wouldn't have a problem solving the health care crisis, working to address global warming and numerous other things we need. W

We need to restore democracy and cannot make much headway, if any, without addressing the corporate money controlling who gets elected.

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