YES! It would level the playing field & get rid of the billionaires.
40%
YES! And Bernie Sanders is introducing a bill to do it.
60%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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Images of Thom
At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
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From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"With the ever-growing influence of corporate CEOs and their right-wing allies in all aspects of American life, Hartmann’s work is more relevant than ever. Throughout his career, Hartmann has spoken compellingly about the value of people-centered democracy and the challenges that millions of ordinary Americans face today as a result of a dogma dedicated to putting profit above all else. This collection is a rousing call for Americans to work together and put people first again."
From Screwed:
"Thom Hartmann’s book explains in simple language and with concrete research the details of the Neo-con’s war against the American middle class. It proves what many have intuited and serves to remind us that without a healthy, employed, and vital middle class, America is no more than the richest Third World country on the planet."
I am amazed at the positive responses when I wear my Bernie for President shirts. I have used all my Bernie buttons, T's, and bumper stickers; I am awaiting an order of buttons, T's, stamp. I have a Bernie bear. I find myself "campaigning" rather it is educating and reporting events not covered by most media. I do this at community meetings, awaiting trains, trolleys and buses, on the Capitol Limited, and the farmers' markets, especially the one at South Station, Boston, the former site of Occupy Boston
Pulic money for all candidates provided they all get the same amount.
Both are right answers here,yes elections should be publicly funded, and Kudos to bernie fo rtrying to introduce a bill to do it,of course the republicans will try to kill it I am sure, they want to keep the money coming from the people who bought them.
Another option: Yes, and I had a good breakfast.
Sometimes these polls are too silly.
Roland
Hey, when polling reflects two optimal responses please provide check boxes instead of radio buttions. :-)
Publicly financed campaigns---yes and add make election day a national holiday, manditory participation, and a circumscribed campaign period.
We also need to roll back the Nixonian war on education, after 45 years of which we have become a nation of morons.
Roland