How to Hold the Corporatists Accountable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[populistdriven]

I am ready to explode I am so angry about our fake sham of a democracy where every politician with a half-life of one term has to be on the take from corporations that actively work and lobby against the interests of the voters. This is not democracy. It is so perveted I doubt any of our founding fathers would even bother going to the polls. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

We need require lawmakers to verbally state, at the beginning of EVERY public speech, the industries that make up their top 12 contributors. The list can be compiled for each lawmaker by the GAO for the top 500 contributors to each lawmaker.

The list will be campaign contributions consolidated into the North American Industry Classification System.

http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naico602.htm

Large individual contributors will be classified by their primary occupation or source of income.

Imagine if the beginning of the 2005 Senate floor speech on Global Warming given by Senator Imhoff http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2500 had read:

"As required by federal law, my largest campaign contributors are from the following industries:

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells, Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation, Natural Gas Distribution, Petrochemical Manufacturing, Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals, Heating Oil Dealers, Commodity Contracts Dealing, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Dealers, Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil, and Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products.

As I said on the Senate floor on July 28, 2003, "much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science." I called the threat of catastrophic global warming the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," a statement that, to put it mildly, was not viewed kindly by environmental extremists and their elitist organizations. I also pointed out, in a lengthy committee report, that those same environmental extremists exploit the issue for fundraising purposes, raking in millions of dollars, even using federal taxpayer dollars to finance their campaigns..."

:mad:

Anyone else feel like helping to make this law?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. How do we help?

I don't have lots of free time, but I'd be glad to help if I can.

[unblock]

2. we should call then "the senator from the oil industry"

or "the representative from big pharma"

instead of "the senator from the state of ..."


that would be a start. i'd love it if democratic congresscritters used that in congressional debate, but there's probably a fine involved....

[bbinacan]

3. How about this?

Individuals and only individuals can donate to political campaigns and no more than $2000 per election.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Sounds excellent. Corporations are not human beings.

We need to stop treating corporations like human beings.

[bbinacan]

5. Yep. n/t