Unbreaking America: A NEW Short Film about Solving the Corruption Crisis

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In New Short Film, Jenifer Lawrence Calls For An End To The Political Corruption That Has Destroyed Our Democracy
by Matt Murray

We all know that Congress is broken. We the people have lost our voice in this democracy. Our voices are being silenced by big corporations and special interest groups that are buying influence from politicians to bend Congress to act in their favor over the demands of the people.

Legalized corruption has turned our democracy into an oligarchy where only the rich and powerful will ever get their voices heard. A Princeton University poll showed that public opinion has a "near zero" impact on what laws Congress passes.

Take the federal minimum wage for example. Public Polling shows that over 80% of Americans support raising the minimum wage but Congress refuses to raise the federal minimum wage.

How about Universal Background checks on all gun sales, an issue supported by 90% of Americans, has been introduced and killed by Congress every year since the Newtown School shooting in 2012. This year, Democrats in the US House actually passed a universal background check bill but it has already been labeled, dead on arrival, in the Senate.

Why, because our democracy is broken. Congressional Representatives listen to the lobbyists who make massive donations to their campaigns instead of listening to the people they represent. The National Restaraunt Association has been using their lobbying efforts to block a minimum wage increase for more than a decade and has blocked an increase in the tipped minimum wage since 1991.

It is time that we take back our country and take back our democracy.

The Anti-Corruption Act

According to the people at RepresentUS we need to pass anti-corruption resolutions and laws in cities and states that:

Fix our broken election
Stop political bribery
End secret money in our political system

They call this the Anti-Corruption Act.

This week, RepresentUS released the short film “Unbreaking America” starring Jennifer Lawrence and RepresentUs co-founder and director Josh Silver. The film, a master class in the anti-corruption movement, breaks down the ways in which the political system is no longer working for the average American and exactly how we can fix this massive political breakdown.

The film features Lawrence, a RepresentUs board member, and Silver presenting the problem: that practices of corruption have taken political power away from Americans, placing influence in the hands of special interest groups and the economic elite. The film then showcases the ways in which Americans can pass laws at the state and local levels to end political bribery, fix broken elections, end secret money, and restore their influence in government.

“This is the most important video you’ll see in 2019,” says Silver. “Tribal mentality is not working and Americans are still suffering. We need to put aside our differences, stop pitting the right against the left, and put country over party to fix the system.”

Building off of a historic year for the anti-corruption movement that saw an unprecedented waves of reforms were passed on the state and local levels during the 2018 midterms, RepresentUs is launching the film as the starting point for a year-long, nationwide campaign that ignites a movement to end political corruption in America.

Over the next year, RepresentUs will continue the Unbreaking America campaign to engage 11 million people, just 3.5 percent of the U.S. population—marking the beginning of a new era of sustained activism designed to end corruption in America. RepresentUs will host viewings and discussions in six major cities across the country (New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver, Atlanta) and host discussion throughout the summer on anti-corruption and breaking the ties between Big Money and politics.

The organization will also work with schools to show the short film in classrooms to engage young Americans on how they can fight for and protect their political power and influence. RepresentUs will also look to The Common Wealth, its community of active members and citizens already working in the anti-corruption space, to share the film and continue to educate others on anti-corruption via TED-style talks, community events and screenings, and other creative mediums.

“This is the tipping point for the anti-corruption movement in America,” Silver says. “Congress is broken. They won’t fix the system that put them in power. However, we can all work together to root out the causes of our politics’ deep dysfunction. Now is the time for Americans from the right and left to unite and help unbreak our democracy.”

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1. Well worth the time

At last a movement to fix whats broken!

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2. Thanks for posting. Didn't know this existed.

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3. K&R

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4. I'm sure they're sincere and have every good intentions, but

it's really naive to think that MAGAts and liberals will ever get together to pass any sort of legislation, let alone this.