3 steps: 1) a Constitutional Amendment that no organization (corporation, association, group, for-profit, not-for-profit, secular, religious) has the rights of a natural person and may not contribute anything of value toward influencing elections or legislation and that contributions of money or other value are not Free Speech; 2) legislation limiting the total annual amount that any individual may contribute toward political action (e.g., no more than 40 x 52 x the federal minimum wage in total to all candidates, parties, PACs, etc.); and 3) legislation requiring all political ads to be factually accurate.
This would not inhibit political action, moving it instead back to the people through volunteer action and rational, factual debate and away from the corrupting influence of money. Organizations would participate by convincing their members to act individually.
Why is this important?
Big Money and its attendant corruption have taken over our elections and legislation. Please act to take back our government.
