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