According to the
Huffington Post, 80 percent of Americans oppose the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Sixty-five percent oppose it strongly. Many people feel it opened the flood gates for the wealthy and corporate powers to purchase political favor. Supreme Court Justice
John Roberts has made it clear that he doesn't think unlimited amounts of money given by special interests corrupts politics, which brings many of us to the conclusion that corruption has not bypassed the Supreme Court.
While Citizens United is a problem, it's not the problem. Corruption has been with as a long time. Most Americans feel that their government doesn't listen to them. Below the fold I present you with a video about a Princeton Study that proves those Americans correct.
The good news is there just might be a solution to this problem. An organization called Represent.Us has devised a plan to bypass the corrupted system and take it to the people.
The first step is to criminalize corruption by passing the American Anti-Corruption Act, but not at the national level. Starting with cities, building up to states, can eventually change who gets elected on the national level. When enough politicians who are really looking out for their constituents are placed in office we get change.
In fact, Tallahassee, Florida, is the first city in the union to pass the Anti-Corruption Act. This was accomplished because this isn't just a progressive issue. Conservatives, Independents, and most other flavors of political persuasion are concerned about money buying politicians (and perhaps Supreme Court Justices).
If this sounds interesting to you, check out the Represent.US website for more information.
Notes:
This was brought to my attention by this UpWorthy post.
Image is of William Tweed (1823-1878), a corrupt New York politician drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast. source