1 day ago by F.S. Sharon Vander Meer

Are you sick of politics and 24/7 campaign BS (bellicose speechifying)? I am. The time to look at political and campaign reform is long past. At best politics in America has reached a pitiful state. From smug Mr. Obama, who likely will be re-elected, to the bevy of emerging candidates who will go he ...

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9 days ago by Joyce Arnold

Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. Independent Voting asks the question above, and talks about why, unsurprisingly, there are no “quick fix” reforms possible. From a recent emailing: Outside-the-beltway reform activists believe that the difficult and long-term ...

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12 days ago by TiMT

Crossposted from ThisIsOurTime Blog President Obama in the State of the Union laid out a tax proposal that will pretty much do the following: ensure those making over $1 million pay a minimum effective rate of at least 30% eliminating tax subsidies for housing, health care, retirement, and child car ...

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23 days ago by Joyce Arnold

Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. All the arguing, sniping and even actual, respectful conversation about the big problems with our Two Partying System are not something new and unheard of. Well, “unheard of” does sort of fit, because the years, decades i ...

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23 days ago by Jason

In the last installment, I talked about some reforms that have already been put into use by some states, particularly the Clean Elections Act in Arizona. But now we are going to talk about some ideas that have been proposed but not yet enacted including both finance reform and election reform. The i ...

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32 days ago by Jason

Before we get into completely new ideas for campaign finance reform I thought it would be a good idea to start with some programs going on right now in a few states. The term used to describe these state programs are most often referred to as “clean election” laws and some version of this was enacte ...

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37 days ago by Joyce Arnold

Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Two Parties Cordially, or Not, Invite You to Attend the 2012 Elections RSVP only if you plan to vote in the one Duopoly approved manner. Republican Red or Democratic Blue attire required. For VIP tickets, well, if you ...

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44 days ago by Joyce Arnold

Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I realize this will sound quite negative to some, perhaps to many, but for me, it’s simply my liberally independent perspective: Whoever the Republicans end up with (and I still think it will be Romney, the desire to make ...

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45 days ago by Bombkamp

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) December 08, 2011 C-SPAN

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58 days ago by Joyce Arnold

Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Two Corporate Parties. Corporate Nation. Duopoly. Plutocracy. 1% and 99%. Wall Street. The Two Party Front for the Oligarchy. All point to the same general challenge: how to keep those at the very top – financially, and s ...

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