II - DEAR COMPATRIOTS - US$ 1,100,000,000

II -  US $ 1,100,000,000

de:	Bernie Sanders <info@ourrevolution.com>
responder a:	info@ourrevolution.com
para:	Paulo Augusto Lacaz <sccbesme.humanidade@gmail.com>
data:	14 de outubro de 2016 15:25
assunto:	$1,100,000,000
enviado por:	bounce.bluestatedigital.com
assinado por:	ourrevolution.com

DEAR COMPATRIOTS,

      The disastrous decisions of the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case and related cases are undermining the very foundations of American democracy and allowing billionaires and their super PACs to buy politicians and elections.

    In essence, the Citizens United ruling handed millionaires and billionaires — who have already rigged the economy — unlimited influence in American elections. It gave billionaires like the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson the opportunity to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to elect candidates from the White House the state legislatures who will represent their interests. In essence, Citizens United is moving us toward an oligarchic form of society in which a handful of billionaires will control the economy and political life.

     The Washington Post, in an excellent article, showed us how far the country is moving toward becoming an oligarchy. Incredibly, just TEN donors have poured more than $1.1 BILLION into super PACs in this election alone.

    The lesson here is that the political system isn't broken, it is rigged and owned by the billionaire class. One of the best chances to un-rig the system is with ballot initiatives this November that will help get big money out of politics.

    California and Washington both have ballot initiatives that will instruct their state's elected officials to do everything in their power to work to overturn Citizens United. And Howard County, Maryland, has the chance to enact a strong system of public financing to level the playing field for local elections.

     If these ballot initiatives pass, they will send an unmistakable message that the American public wants to get big money out of politics. That is why they need your help today:

    Split a $3 contribution to the campaigns for I-735 in Washington, Prop 59 in California, and Fair Elections Howard County and help these ballot initiatives win. Make your contribution now.

   The need for real campaign finance reform is not a progressive issue. It is not a conservative issue. It is an American issue.

   The job now is to get big money out of politics and to end voter suppression. 

    The country has got to create a true democracy of one-person, one-vote, not billionaires buying elections.

      As Abraham Lincoln reminded us more than 150 years ago, there must be a government of the people, by the people and for the people. That starts with taking the country's destiny out of the hands of the billionaires who want to buy elections.

      Citizens United must be overturned to get big money out of politics. More cities, counties and states need to move toward public financing of elections that will level the playing field for people who want to run for office.

     I applaud Our Revolution’s work helping to get big money out of politics, and now I am asking for your help today for the ballot initiatives in California, Washington, and Maryland that, if passed, will move the country toward reclaiming American democracy from the billionaire class.

 Please split a $3 contribution between the campaigns helping pass three ballot initiatives to get big money out of politics.

       Together, the American people can show the political establishment that it's possible to win elections powered by ordinary Americans, not millionaires, billionaires, and their super PACs. 

Thank you for making this happen.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

US$ 1,100,000,000

de:		Bernie Sanders <info@ourrevolution.com>
responder a:		info@ourrevolution.com
para:		Paulo Augusto Lacaz <sccbesme.humanidade@gmail.com>
data:		14 de outubro de 2016 15:25
assunto:		$1,100,000,000
enviado por:		bounce.bluestatedigital.com
assinado por:		ourrevolution.com

Paulo Augusto,

      The disastrous decisions of the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case and related cases are undermining the very foundations of American democracy and allowing billionaires and their super PACs to buy politicians and elections.

In essence, the Citizens United ruling handed millionaires and billionaires — who have already rigged the economy — unlimited influence in American elections. It gave billionaires like the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson the opportunity to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to elect candidates from the White House the state legislatures who will represent their interests. In essence, Citizens United is moving us toward an oligarchic form of society in which a handful of billionaires will control the economy and political life.

The Washington Post, in an excellent article, showed us how far the country is moving toward becoming an oligarchy. Incredibly, just TEN donors have poured more than $1.1 BILLION into super PACs in this election alone.

The lesson here is that the political system isn't broken, it is rigged and owned by the billionaire class. One of the best chances to un-rig the system is with ballot initiatives this November that will help get big money out of politics.

California and Washington both have ballot initiatives that will instruct their state's elected officials to do everything in their power to work to overturn Citizens United. And Howard County, Maryland, has the chance to enact a strong system of public financing to level the playing field for local elections.

If these ballot initiatives pass, they will send an unmistakable message that the American public wants to get big money out of politics. That is why they need your help today:

Split a $3 contribution to the campaigns for I-735 in Washington, Prop 59 in California, and Fair Elections Howard County and help these ballot initiatives win. Make your contribution now.

The need for real campaign finance reform is not a progressive issue. It is not a conservative issue. It is an American issue.

The job now is to get big money out of politics and to end voter suppression. The country has got to create a true democracy of one-person, one-vote, not billionaires buying elections.

As Abraham Lincoln reminded us more than 150 years ago, there must be a government of the people, by the people and for the people. That starts with taking the country's destiny out of the hands of the billionaires who want to buy elections.

Citizens United must be overturned to get big money out of politics. More cities, counties and states need to move toward public financing of elections that will level the playing field for people who want to run for office.

I applaud Our Revolution’s work helping to get big money out of politics, and now I am asking for your help today for the ballot initiatives in California, Washington, and Maryland that, if passed, will move the country toward reclaiming American democracy from the billionaire class.

Please split a $3 contribution between the campaigns helping pass three ballot initiatives to get big money out of politics.

Together, the American people can show the political establishment that it's possible to win elections powered by ordinary Americans, not millionaires, billionaires, and their super PACs. Thank you for making this happen.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

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Clean power's day in court

Donate Today → Last year, we took the biggest step we’ve ever taken to cut carbon pollution. EPA’s Clean Power Plan puts the U.S. on a path to reduce emissions from our aging fossil-fuel-fired power plants by almost one-third below 2005 levels by 2030. It took just hours for climate obstructionists to attack. Dozens of fossil fuel industry players, together with allied states, filed suit to overturn the plan. Today, the Clean Power Plan finally its day in court. Please stand with us today by making a donation to defend clean energy and help states hit their emissions reduction targets. By taking action against the biggest source of carbon pollution in the country, we’re showing the world that we’re serious about meeting our global commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement. But if the Plan is struck down, the United States—the world’s second-largest emitter of carbon pollution—will lose it's most powerful tool to cut climate pollution.  We also risk setting off a chain reaction across the world as other countries follow suit and curtail their own climate action plans. That’s why defending and successfully implementing the Clean Power Plan is at the heart of our strategic plan to slash global climate emissions. We’re still $38,400 short of meeting our annual fundraising goal for our 2016 fiscal year, which ends on September 30. Will you make a donation of $35 to defend and advance clean energy in America? EDF was at court this morning along with a diverse, bipartisan coalition of supporters from all across the country—including 18 states, 60 cities (see the map below!), leading consumer protection organizations, legal and technical experts, and dozens of our friends in the environmental and public health community who have joined forces to aid the Obama administration’s defense of clean energy. Across America, cities are standing up for clean energy Watch your inbox, because we promise to keep you up-to-date as this pivotal case unfolds. Thank you for all you do, Sam Parry Director, Membership P.S. Since this weekend, 433 donors have contributed a combined $15,025—that's an average gift of $34. Will you be #434? Please make a donation of $35 before we close the books on 2016 at midnight this Friday.

CORPORATION VS. PEOPLE ~SumOfUs

de:		Katherine Tu, SumOfUs.org <us@sumofus.org>
responder a:		us@sumofus.org
para:		Paulo Augusto Lacaz <sccbesme.humanidade@gmail.com>
data:		24 de setembro de 2016 10:44
assunto:		Corporations vs. people
enviado por:		list.sumofus.org
assinado por:		list.sumofus.org

Paulo, Water to drink, or water for mining? Taxes used to pay for schools and hospitals, or tax dodging to keep corporate profits high? Trade to close the gap between rich and poor nations, or which makes it even wider? Budget busting bailouts for banks, or defending jobs and livelihoods for everybody? The answers to these questions are obvious to most of us: human beings matter much more than sky high corporate profits. But when you hear some CEOs and politicians talk, it can sound like these most obvious priorities are being turned on their head. We built SumOfUs because we know it doesn't have to be that way. Human beings created corporations, and human beings can change them. We can push politicians to make a firm stand on tax dodging. We can call halt on trade deals that make inequality worse, not better. We can shine a light on the murky world of lobbyists. All of those things -- and many more -- are what the 10 million SumOfUs action takers have been doing since we launched five years ago. We work hard to keep our costs down and our technology free for our members to use.  Can you become a SumOfUs Core Member to help cover the costs of running SumOfUs in the years to come? DONATE $3 A MONTH DONATE $5 A MONTH DONATE $10 A MONTH DONATE $20 A MONTH DONATE $30 A MONTH When SumOfUs started in 2011, we weren't sure what to expect. Would people share our worries about corporations misusing their power?  Would they agree that it would take people power to push the balance back in favour of people trying to get by, instead of wealthy business leaders and their politician friends? The answer was better than we could have imagined. There are now over10 million of us standing together to keep a check on corporate power. We are part of a huge, global movement to push back on dangerous trade deals. We are making huge inroads in cleaning up the palm oil supply chain. We are fighting hard to save the bees, and it’s starting to work. Our costs aren't high. The tools we need to do our jobs are laptops, internet connections, and the occasional trip to meet together to make plans for our work together in the future.  Many of our staff team work from home, so we don't have to pay for expensive offices. But we can't do what we do for free. Even more important: the more we can depend on regular donations, the more time we can spend running and winning campaigns. Can you chip in whatever you can afford each month so we can carry on keeping a check on corporations? DONATE $3 A MONTH DONATE $5 A MONTH DONATE $10 A MONTH DONATE $20 A MONTH DONATE $30 A MONTH Thanks for all that you do, Kat, Hannah, and the team at SumOfUs SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.

"But we must do much more to help the millions of Americans still working longer hours for lower wages"

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders/?fref=nf

      When President Obama took office almost eight years ago, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month and median family income was plummeting during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. 

Today, we are making progress but we must do much more to help the millions of Americans still working longer hours for lower wages.

 While the Census Bureau report shows a welcome increase last year in median family income, the fact is that household incomes still are 1.6 percent below the 2007 level, the year before the last recession began. 

The wealthy, meanwhile, have never had it so good.

We also must continue to fight persistent poverty and wage discrimination.

And while the Affordable Care Act has helped millions of people get access to health insurance, the Census Bureau still found that 29 million people remained uninsured. We must make health care a right, not a privilege. It is time for a Medicare-for-all, single payer system to provide better care at less cost to all Americans.

As a nation, we must do more to create jobs, raise wages, reduce poverty and provide equal pay for equal work.

 We must end huge tax breaks for billionaires while children in this country go hungry.

 We must stop sending our jobs to China and allowing corporations to hide profits overseas while there are massive unmet needs in every corner of this nation.