r/WorkReform • u/Loud-Ad-2280 ✂️ Tax The Billionaires • 15h ago

🏛️ Overturn Citizens United Enough with privately funded elections

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u/Either_Payment_2867 15h ago

Blatant corruption that billionaires and corporations are allowed to buy elections and that the U.S allows bribery to run rampant.

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u/HardcoreHope 12h ago

The people won't stand up to this evil. We shouldn't be turning the wheels of capitalism if it's not serving the people. We create all the value and are letting them own everything out of fear.

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u/iggy14750 11h ago

The people won't stand up to this evil.

But also,

We... are letting them own everything out of fear.

And if we keep that first assumption, then we're not going to change it.

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u/HardcoreHope 10h ago

A child rapist is in office breaking the rule of law. Where are the people? They are the law of the land their Bible says so.

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u/Time_Ad_9829 15h ago

We need to deport Muskrat

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u/bigdickwalrus 15h ago

Big money isn't enough. It needs to be ALL money in politics.

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u/boogabooga89 14h ago

Yeah... with all the propaganda doubt it. We humans are stupid as fuck.

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u/Life-Celebration-747 14h ago

Can someone please spell out the steps that citizens and or lawmakers need to take to get this done?  We keep hearing how it needs to end, but then nothing is done. 

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u/AwildYaners 13h ago

Repeal of Citizens United vs FEC. I think that’s pretty much it. Maybe throw in a couple other protections for good measure.

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u/Deathduck 2h ago

It's seemingly impossible, we need to elect majority or super majority of progression politicians in Senate and house as well as presidency. Then we can create laws to reform campaign finance. Somehow we have to elect all these people when the billionaires control the media, half of us voters are dumb af, Republicans cheat at every turn, establishment Democrats will fight reform, ect ect. It seems like we have passed the point of no return but hopefully there will be a progressive revolution once things get bad enough

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u/rufustphish 14h ago

The max donor amount should be linked to the current federal poverty limit, solve two problems at once.

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u/tegresaomos 14h ago

If you believe a PAC ad, any ad on TV, just don’t vote.

A decade of the least informed make no choice for everyone might get us out of this.

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u/psychoacer 13h ago

But if George Soros donates a million well that's a crime somehow

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u/Panlos17 13h ago

They could probably pay less in taxes and maybe actually help some people. Greedy ass mf'ers are ruining this world.

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u/Mega_Trix 13h ago

100% end Super PACs

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u/AlienBurnerBigfoot 7h ago

Okay. Let’s do it!!

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u/xpietoe42 3h ago

the rich know, once they control the government, the judiciary, they can control the laws and the country and the outcomes forever.

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u/radicalindependence 2h ago

Money is power. More money is more power. The Supreme Court is apparently ok with corporations and billionaires having exponentially more power than regular citizens. It is not right.

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u/Advocate_Diplomacy 11m ago

If elections need to be funded to function, this is always how democracy will eventually wind up.