Act immediately to prohibit all private financing of campaigns for public office, with no ifs, ands, buts or opt-outs. Pass the required legislation and sign it into law.
Why is this important?
Elected officials should represent voters, not dollars. We need 100% publicly financed campaigns, with strict time limits. Under current laws, money has all the power: corporations and the super-rich rule the rest of us. There's no such thing as free speech in politics today: every single word has been bought and paid for by the special interests who pay the salaries of consultants who craft the messages. Politicians are not picked because they have ideas or integrity, but because they can "stay on message." We won't solve our larger problems until we fix this one.
