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olddad56

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8. propositions often indicate a failure on the part of elected officials...
Sat Sep 15, 2012, 03:53 PM
Sep 2012

Last edited Sat Sep 15, 2012, 04:31 PM - Edit history (1)

to represent the people who elected them. If the politicians we elect weren't corrupted by corporate money, we wouldn't need to put issues like this to a vote of the people. Why are the elected politicians unable to agree, and pass legislation on something as basic as a persons right to know what they are buying to put in their body.

In an uncorrupted political system, the elected officials would do the job that they were elected to do, and we wouldn't need propositions. Now we have gotten in a situation that the propositions are are corrupted by corporate money. The Koch brothers just dumped 4 million dollars into a PAC to help pass prop 32 in California. Prop 32 is a ballot measure to limit labor unions the political activity of labor unions. Who is going to limit the political activity of the Koch Bros?

Corporate Fascism is the inevitable destination, and we are well into the journey.

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