8 Things You Can Do to Help Get Money Out of Politics
By Bill Moyer
BillMoyers.com (11/21/14)
1) AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
The movement for an amendment to overturn Citizens United has quickly gone from pipe dream to mainstream.
Take Action
At the Move to Amend website, you can follow their barnstorming tours, and latest campaigns. You can also sign onto “Democracy is for People” — Public Citizen’s campaign to pass a constitutional amendment.
2) AMERICAN ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT
Action
You can signal your support for the legislation as a “citizen sponsor.”
3) GRASSROOTS AND PUBLIC FINANCING
Most of the organizations we surveyed support some combination of grassroots contributions and public financing of elections. Common Cause highlights the Fair Elections Now Act, which would give candidates the option of public financing if they raise a large number of small contributions from their local communities.
Action
And if you’re looking to do something fun and creative, check out Ben (of Ben & Jerry’s) Cohen’s StampStampede.org website. Their campaign involves stamping money with clever messages like “not to be used for bribing politicians.” They also have a Tumblr where you can upload pictures of money that you come across that’s been stamped. They’ve already sold over 11,000 stamp kits (at cost) and given out over 5,000. …
Put Your Money To Work Getting Money Out Of Politics!
Order Your Own Stamp Here!
(Commoner Call cartoon by Mark L. Taylor, 2017. Open source and free to use with link to www.thecommonercall.org )
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