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Murray Smart's avatar

A cartoon in the book "Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Planet" by Chuck Collins says it ALL - Two billionaires talking: "I own one plane, two yachts, four houses, and FIVE POLITICIANS"!!!! Vote for politicians who will stop this and bring down these Blood Suckers!

Michael Tanouye's avatar

I forget where I saw it first, but there has been a suggestion that politicians should be required to dress like race car drivers. Have the logo of every company you take money from on your garments.

TruthBeTold's avatar

Great idea. But the logos should adorn togas like Roman senators wore just before the fall of Rome.

Neil Rankins's avatar

The greedy oligarchs are determined to push the envelope on grifting and corruption. If they continue down this road, it eventually will not end well for all involved. Since it will be hard to get to them, us rabble 'storming the castle' so to speak, will start with who we can get to, which will be the corrupt congress folks who enabled this all down the line for their cut. Just saying.

mike ehr's avatar

Take all politicians off of their Cadillac insurance plans and put them on Medicare or Obama Care like most other citizens have. Then watch how they will fiercely fight to preserve benefits. Then everyone wins!

Joanne's avatar

They already are!

mike ehr's avatar

True, but it would be nice if the rest of us could win also. We all do well when we all do well!

Joanne's avatar

Agree -- I am terrified of t, and the rest are worthless toadies.

Eric Lin Doub's avatar

The Montana Plan is a breakthrough legal strategy to beat Citizens United and take back our politics. Montana can do it, and your state can too. See

https://transparentelection.org/

David Balfour's avatar

Proving again that we have the best government $$$ can buy; lock,stock and vote.

Julie Putney's avatar

Thanks, Jim! It often feels like we're a democracy in name only

Fred Schwarzenbart's avatar

The fact that all that money makes for politicians that have zero interest in preserving protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States (their one sworn duty), is the worst part. Knowing all that, our Congress critters also have no interest in prosecuting their own misbehavior. The first one to be executed for treason might put a chill through Congress. Maybe. Cruel as that sounds.

Linda Leee E E's avatar

Even arrested, prosecuted,sentenced, imprisoned and removed from office instead of congratulated for being so arrogantly bad greedy would be a step in the right direction.