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A "strictly business" action plan
to remove money from politics
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ical Finance Reform
 THE I$$UE OF OUR GENERATION
Our political system not only allows "money for favors" but inherently requires it. Clearly "Legalized Political Bribery" is the underlying cause of economic injustice.
PoliticalFinanceReform.org provides an action plan to change this system. By reallocating just 1/1000th of our federal revenue, we can remove special interest money from politics, save our planet, middle class and democracy.
The Special Interest "Coup d'Etat"
Most politicians cannot gain office, maintain office, live-like or retire-like world class leaders without becoming financially dependent on special interest groups; and good policy no longer wins elections, made obsolete by corporate sponsored political ad campaigns, made possible by 21st century media technologies and court decisions our founding fathers could never have anticipated.
Considering all of this, if you were an ambitious 21st century politician
who would you be loyal to?
Gaming American Politics
The Most Profitable “Industry” on Earth
The result: David Stockman, 60 Minutes 10/31/10
"In 1985, the top five percent of the households, wealthiest five percent, had net worth of $8 trillion, which is ALLOT. Today, the top five percent have net worth of $40 trillion. The top five percent have gained more wealth ($32 trillion in 25 yrs) than the whole human race had created prior to 1980!"
Since 1985, those who could afford to buy lobbyists quintupled their wealth, while middle class fixed expenses tripled from 50% of a single income - to 75% of two incomes.
Who would argue that half of those "quintupled profits" ($16 trillion), if not more, was acquired at the expense of the middle class, increased government deficits, reduced government services, damaged economy and ecological destruction? It appears that by "Gaming American Politics" special interest groups have profited at least $640 bil/yr extra ($16 trillion / 25 yrs) for 25 consecutive years!
If we reverse engineer what special interest groups provide politicians for that control, we find it's less than $3.5 billion/yr.
Ill-gotten profits of $640 billion/yr on a $3.5 billion investment provides an 18,286% average annual return on investment - for 25 consecutive years!
The annual profits (an estimated $400 billion/yr in tax loopholes alone), far surpass American oil industry profits combined, making Gaming American Politics the best investment and most profitable industry on earth - for special interest groups.
Fellow 99%, this is what we're up against. They'll have us killing each other to keep it. They already kill 45,000 Americans every year to keep their medical insurance industry profits. The 1% is all in.
Congress: America's Least Trusted Institution
Resulting public polls show a corresponding 30-year decline in the Congressional approval rating (from 36% in 1982 to 11% in 2010 and 9% in 2011) and that "80% of Americans are convinced that Congress is too influenced by special interest money."
The bottom line: the odds of being decimated by terrorist attack: one in millions. By acts of Congress: one in five. Forget about terrorists. Fear Congress.
In the face of this middle class citizens from the left, right and center have everything in common: develop a strategy to "reform how we finance our politics."
New Approach - Cut Losses and Reverse Direction
 Politicians understand there are two ways to effect change: mandate it – or incentivize it.
The voting masses have tried forever to mandate loyalty from our politicians via the threat of voting them out. In the 21st century, losing political office only means making millions working for corporations - so that's an empty threat - and throwing Congress in prison is entirely impractical and will never happen because they make the laws.
 Given this reality, clearly it’s time for something entirely new - like cutting our losses and pursuing the opposite strategy of incentivizing loyalty - financially.
This proven strategy works exceptionally well for private industry - so why not copy them?
Proposed Constitutional Amendment #28
"Political Finance Reform"
PFR Definition:
A single mechanism to incentivize Congress to eliminate their financial dependence on, and all financial connections to, private non-taxpayer funded income and benefits, (including but not limited to special interest groups, corporations, labor unions and individuals), by replacing with tax dollars all personal and professional income and benefits, both during service and after, with strict enforcement laws, thereby ending legalized political bribery.
For 1/1000th our federal revenue, we can likely get this done - here's how...
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