Tag: money in politics

Today's topics were comprehension immigration reform, The SEC, money in politics, voting rights, Voter ID laws, and North Carolina politics. But most importantly, for me, Alexis Goldstein is back on #Uppers.

People loved the shit out of this one.

Boston changed everything.It's time to deport all Caucasians….wait. #Uppers

— priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

Judy Pinto speaks nonsense about government getting in the way+regulation while forgetting exploitation of latinos is deregulation. #Uppers — priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

Twitter is often about being beaten to the punchline! Good job! RT @therealpriceman: @2oldforob @ronnirn I have my moments. 😀 #Uppers

— GFJacobs (@GFJacobs) April 28, 2013

Um, we need unions. New Citizens need unions. How about leaning some history about Cesar Chavez+the United Farm Union, Judy Pino? #Uppers — priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

It's amazing how many votes one can earn just by not saying something bigoted & offensive about a demographic=problem 4 Republicans #Uppers

— priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

The George Wallaces of the 21st century in NC want to set all people back to the early 19th century. #Uppers — priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

@amy10506 And an unelected emergency manager in Detroit. #Uppers

— priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

@dizzydi769 Fake prob of voter fraud(a felony. Yeah they'll risk it for 1 vote) is a fraud used to stop (D) demographics from voting #Uppers — priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

It's not Citizens United that corprate personhood comes from. It's Santa Clara County vs S. Pacific Railraod. Overturn that. #Uppers

— priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

.@therealpriceman @alexisgoldstein Vry hard 2 see how 2 combat regulatory capture, revolving door, lobbying.Laws would b gd start! #uppers — GFJacobs (@GFJacobs) April 28, 2013

@cr8f Absolutely making it more egregious because clerk had Robber Baron ties. #Uppers

— priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

Liz Kennedy and @alexisgoldsteinare right. There needs to be democracy in the workplace. Limited disclosure least we could do. #Uppers — priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

Just when all hope was lost, feckless monetary policy continues. Swaps push-out derivatives deregulation backed by FDIC Great. #Uppers

— priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

1,000 follower mark! Finally made it! Thank you! #Uppers #p2 #OWS — priceman (@therealpriceman) April 28, 2013

Thank you for reading.

Like other issues, the issue of money in politics is what will speak to what is or is not done in the next Congress more than the Presidential election of 2012. Unfortunately we didn’t hear about that in any of the debates thus far and it is the most important issue, because it spans to all issues and speaks to what hope legislation has of affecting the lives of real people.

Because of the daunting nature of this problem given how little money in relation to corporations real people have, it can feel rather hopeless. However, there are times when the creativity of certain individuals can make a difference as it has in the past.(PDF) That is where I am trying to make a difference using whatever talents I have because I have no money and very little voice or say in our real political process which is real pernicious hence the issue at hand.

The good people at GOOD Maker have set up a design contest to call attention to this dire and most important issue.

art > MONEY: Design to Define a Movement

You can vote for my piece here featured below, and if you like all my contributions in both writing and artwork over the years I ask that you please do because the competition is fierce and there are a lot of good pieces. You can vote using facebook which is probably the easiest way(don’t worry, I won’t know anything about your personal info and neither will anyone else) but if you don’t want to use facebook to vote, you can sign up to Good Maker which is probably a good idea because this organization uses creativity as an outlet for good things which made me want to get involved in this contest to hopefully do some good.