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originally posted by: matafuchs
a reply to: IAMTAT
trump is the ONLY candidate to take nothing from him....
Donald Trump has lined up three New York hedge funds, including money from billionaire George Soros, to invest $160 million in his Chicago skyscraper, a key piece in perhaps the largest construction financing in the city's history, according to real estate sources and public documents.
WHY THIS? WHY NOW? Every American deserves an equal voice in government. That is our birthright of freedom, won through generations of struggle. But today our democracy is in crisis. American elections are dominated by billionaires and big money interests who can spend unlimited sums of money on political campaigns to protect their special interests at the general expense. Meanwhile, as the super-rich dominate the “money primary” that decides who can run for office, almost half of the states in the union have passed new laws that disenfranchise everyday voters, especially people of color and the poor. This corruption violates the core principle of American democracy — “one person, one vote” citizen equality.
And it is blocking reform on virtually every critical issue facing our country: from addressing historic economic inequality, to tackling climate change and ending mass incarceration. We simply cannot solve the urgent crises that face our nation if we don’t save democracy first. But if the status quo goes unchallenged, the 2016 election — already set to be the most billionaire-dominated, secret money-drenched, voter suppression-marred contest in modern American history — will likely yield a President and a Congress more bound to the masters of big money than ever before. And our planet and people just can’t afford that. But there is another possibility.
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: matafuchs
I don't care much for protesters of any sort as they simply incite violence and anger, however, these creatures are of a particularly vile nature because they are attempting to subvert the Democratic process. If they really wanted to be useful they would organize in a POSITIVE way for their candidates instead of violently attacking the opposition or attempting to shut down the other side in order to achieve a 'might makes right' victory.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: matafuchs
I don't care much for protesters of any sort as they simply incite violence and anger, however, these creatures are of a particularly vile nature because they are attempting to subvert the Democratic process. If they really wanted to be useful they would organize in a POSITIVE way for their candidates instead of violently attacking the opposition or attempting to shut down the other side in order to achieve a 'might makes right' victory.
You have evidence that Democracy Spring is violently attempting to subvert the democratic process?
I pledge to be one among thousands who will risk arrest to save democracy in DC between April 11 - 16
I pledge to come to Washington DC to support the sit in through legal protest but cannot risk arrest
I want to join the march from Philadelphia to Washington DC, sometime between April 2 - 11
I want to volunteer to help organize this campaign
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: matafuchs
I don't care much for protesters of any sort as they simply incite violence and anger, however, these creatures are of a particularly vile nature because they are attempting to subvert the Democratic process. If they really wanted to be useful they would organize in a POSITIVE way for their candidates instead of violently attacking the opposition or attempting to shut down the other side in order to achieve a 'might makes right' victory.
You have evidence that Democracy Spring is violently attempting to subvert the democratic process?
Yes, the Ohio protest.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: dukeofjive696969
They took to the streets to stop the draft. If it hadn't been for that draft, they'd have not given two flips about the war itself. That fact was proven decades later when those same draft dodgers and malcontents who became leaders in our government sat in silence as Rwanda, Sudan, the Congo, and Somalia. Had they truly been "anti-war" the Clintons, Kerrys, and Bidens would have done something... oh wait, that's right... no oil in those nations. My bad.
originally posted by: onequestion
Why are they trying to control the election?
This group needs to be dealt with immediately.