Candidates who shun corporate cash are winning
AlterNet
by Jim Hightower
02/26/07
It’s instructive that only hours after changing the House rules last month to stop lobbyists from doling out certain freebies to lawmakers, Democrats celebrated. How? With a fundraising gala that drew some 200 check-writing lobbyists, still free to pay and play. Well, say the cynics, the Democrats’ hypocrisy just shows that you can’t change the system — special interests will always find their way around any restrictions reformers can dream up. Horsestuff. Look to the states and cities, and you’ll find examples of citizens reclaiming their politics and government from the exclusive grasp of the monied powers. Their reform mechanism is a rather simple notion called ‘clean elections’...
http://www.alternet.org/story/48405/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Hightower
by Jim Hightower
02/26/07
It’s instructive that only hours after changing the House rules last month to stop lobbyists from doling out certain freebies to lawmakers, Democrats celebrated. How? With a fundraising gala that drew some 200 check-writing lobbyists, still free to pay and play. Well, say the cynics, the Democrats’ hypocrisy just shows that you can’t change the system — special interests will always find their way around any restrictions reformers can dream up. Horsestuff. Look to the states and cities, and you’ll find examples of citizens reclaiming their politics and government from the exclusive grasp of the monied powers. Their reform mechanism is a rather simple notion called ‘clean elections’...
http://www.alternet.org/story/48405/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Hightower
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