@JASONNHENCHMENN Sure, bud. You can find conservative clips ALL OVER YOUTUBE if you search for them. Youtube is a database. It has no bias. The only bias present is the bias of the user who uploads an edited video. Not EVERYTHING is a liberal conspiracy theory.
Just because there are videos on the web that you don't like doesn't automatically mean that somebody is out to get you. Grow the fuck up.
@Hatredthopter I think Jasonhenchmenn brings up a good point. When I pull up the politics section all I see is TYT, and MSNBC. There is no conspiracy but obviously bias. I happen to like Cenk, and starting to like Dylan, but obviously bias is present. This just means I now have to go elsewhere for news.
The Left keeps picking Muslims as their poster boys. Go figure.
Everywhere else, outside North Korea, the single most wildly popular YouTube channel will have, at most, 1 or 2 videos on the front page of its section, on any given day.
For the past weeks leading up to election day, the front page of YouTube's politics section was 100% "Turk". Today, 19 of the 23 are "Turk". The "Turk" is the signature trait of YouTube's political fraud engine.
@TylerNull This isn't factual information. It's a long string of bullshit because, at heart, you hate brown people. Maybe if you weren't such a small minded racist you'd make better arguments.
It's not that you are unable to discriminate between observations and theories that's so impressive, but rather it's the pride and gaiety you take in demonstrating that fact.
@TylerNull I will redirect you to your own words to prove how much of a lying hypocrite you are. "...the difference is they silence us with out the bullets and jailtime,and just ban us for thought crime."
It was totally observational until you said that. Which is conspiratorial nonsense. Have fun choking on your own words.
Campaign finance reform is one of the worst things that has happened to our democracy in 100 years. This is just ONE story that is known, and if it does not chill you to your core....i don't know what would.
Campaign finance reform is one of the worst things that has happened to our democracy in 100 years. This is just ONE story that is known, and if it does not chill you to your core....i don't know what would.
considering the amount of money the "tea party" movement is collecting and spending on campaigns I think that they are irresponsible to make accusations concerning fiscal responsibility. But it is true that the opposition spends an enormous amount of cash trying to get elected too. I just think that people who try to make the case regarding spending a major theme of their campaign have zero credibilty on this issue if they themself are trhowing millions, maybe billions of dollars themselves
Cenk just does not get it. Lobbying has always been apart of our system. Regardless of who finances elections, you will still have lobbying. Democrats want public financing because they have more FREE manpower with the unions. It would limit the ability of people to voice their own opinions. It is wrong to assume that everyone who donates is buying something. Principled candidates do not sell their votes.
@CommonSenseJoe ur dumb. of course people who want contribute want something in return. u think BP is skimping all corners on the clean up recovery, but then donates money to politicians in good will? gimme a break. u have 0 common sense and are a huge tool for making such a ridiculouslyun-applicable username
@sportsdrb BP is skimping? They are paying more money to these people than they would have made working. They are getting scammed big time. It is anther Katrina deal.
The reason businesses donate is to keep the government from destroying their businesses. It is the biggest legal protection scheme out there.
Thank-you Cenk! Please stay on course. Sometimes you are hard to read - as far as on-side with the elite/special interests - or not - time will tell. You are in a crazy important position now - please don't sell out like most do sooner or later. We'll see what they let you talk about - how you talk about it - what questions you can ask - etc;
I disagree if we do have campaign finance, it would give the govt. more power over corporations to tell them how much they can give to a campaign. People need to realize that if we truly had a free-market, without any govt intervention we would not have lobbyist, special interest groups, etc. So the whole notion of saying, "No the govt. limits the amount you can spend on a candidate" is basically telling a citizen "You cannot spend that much money" its ludicrous
@North2016 I don't think you understand the concept. Publicly funded elections mean that each candidate is given a lump sum of money to run their election and corporations and individuals would not be allowed to contribute any funds what so ever.
Your notion of "free-market" means there would be no lobbyists is unbelievably naive.
@hassleoffa I actually do, if the government really got out of the main picture we wouldn't have lobbyist or special interest groups in Washington, its not naive its reality, a true Free-market economy.
@hassleoffa No... public funding can also mean individuals can contribute however you need to cap how much each person can contribute... say $5000... or $1000... or $300... whatever we decide is the max an average joe would contribute. Of course... then you get into the problem of people using other people's names to donate and the verifications alone could be costly.
You don't even NEED public financing. Just BAN all paid-for campaigning... Media HAS AN INTEREST IN BROADCASTING DEBATES... and candidates will attend MORE debates just to get their message out!!!! Debates are a much better format for exposing candidates' positions. That would be a complete solution. The only legal requirements should be that media invite ALL candidates that are running, when hosting election-candidate debates.
That was quite good, Cenk. Simple, well explained, very sincere. As I see you on television more and more, you seem to be getting more comfortable. Still, i like it best when you are keeping it real on TYT =)
A PERFECT talking point! This is the exact reason why I don't vote. If the politicians actually worked FOR US I'd be in the voting booths every two years like everyone else. The fact is that they don't represent us anymore, and I REFUSE to cast a vote for a bunch of criminal mouthpieces who represent criminals who are simply above the law, so they're never held accountable.
When our country becomes a true democracy again, represented by the people, and for the people, I'll participate!
@darkridr25 It's exactly this kind of attitude that's part of the problem. We need people who are concerned about this country's problems out there voting. It's not a perfect solution, but it's the last legal weapon we have.
@seeqer66 I understand your frustration, but I believe in having my vote count for something, and with our current system the way it is, it simply wouldn't, should I place it. Can you give me a specific way that voting for one crook is better than voting for another? I said it before, and I'll say it again: Voting on the lesser of evils is still voting for evil, which I refuse to do!
A legal weapon that shoots spit-wads is worthless when everyone else is using ak47's.
@darkridr25 Fine, then vote for a third party candidate or a write in candidate. They won't get elected, but if enough people vote that way, it sends its own message.
No. Seriously, i think there should be a grading scale. see, use the approval rating. That is waht your income will be based on as politician in office, the higher your approval, the more money you make, the lower your approval rating, the less money you make...see, kicking someone out of office is hard, but if you are doing such a bad job at it that you actually cant afford to do the job anymore, then maybe that will change the way politicians behave. "Oh shit, we're voting on taxes again.."
RNC represents Americans. Unfortunately they define Americans as Global Corporations, Wall Street, and Rich Dudes...
So face it, we already lost America so Vote Repub/Tea and beg for forgiveness. Pray that you at least can live out your lfe, apologize to your children that you sold America to Global Corps & Wall Street.
"Inside every flawed and(or) faulty systems, some will always reap unfair, and unearned benefit(s), as a direct result of the very fault or flaw. And those reaping these unfair benefits will fight diligently to prevent any and all correction from occurring".
Campaign Finance Reform will NEVER HAPPEN! Too many are reaping tremendous financial benefits, and they are the one's in a position to correct that.
Especially when there's SO much money in FEAR and HATE!
people are getting smarter. NOW money goes into fear and hate but back in the day we'd pay THEM to get filled with fear and hate (ie Churches although some people still do it) now a lot of the population is on to their game.... MAN if they would have foreseen their "propaganda machine" (television) backfiring in the future we STILL wouldn't have TV's Good thing they never anticipated the internet newscorp bought myspace which primarily targets the new generation AND IT Begins
Lobbying group donations and corporate donations need to be made illegal, it's the only way that the politicians will work for the people, which is what they're meant to do in the first place!
Now they have retirement finance reform. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THE NEW BANKSTER SCAM CALLED GRAs(GUARANTEED RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS) . They want your 401K money. They want to steal your retirement money for themselves. They will FORCE you into GRAs instead of 401Ks! YOU WILL NOT HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY! The government will 'manage' it for you....they will 'manage' to STEAL it from you! Everyone needs to become aware of GRAs! And be sure to read about the HEIR clause!
There's no point in arguing or trying to tackle any other issue until we take care of campaign financing. Corruption affects everything else and this is its heart.
Greedy Politicians Love Scheming, it will say anything, do anything, show anything, use anything, quit from anything, lie & pretend to be anything, fake any emotions, manipulate or deceive anything, exploit anything, it will DO ANYTHING TO GET ATTENTION, MORE PUBLICITY & POWER FOR ITSELF AND ITS ZIONIST BOSSES, AND TO GET MORE MONEY & WEALTH.
LMAO! Here is Cenk complaining about our campaign finance laws AGAIN! Why would our government officials change a system that makes them rich?! Cenk and everyone else can complain about our finance laws until they're blue in the face but NOTHING WILL CHANGE unless the change makes our government officials more rich! This video was 3 minutes and 18 seconds worth of wasted airtime! LOL
@halette20001 hes talking to the voters. not the gov. hes saying we need to vote for people who are in favor of removing lobbyists from elections, ad dont take money from corporations
@EncinoRecords I understand but I'm saying that the change he want will NEVER occur, regardless of who wins elections.
Cenl thinks voters can solve the problem, but they cant! Why? Because MONEY talks! Cenk admits the more money spent the more likely you'll get elected. That comment alone indicates the problem will never be solved, because the people getting elected are the people with the most financing from lobbyists and corporations. Cenk own facts prove me right!
Campaign financing would help. But the politicians and their staff are also awarded with high paying jobs when they leave office, by the companies they helped by jiggering the laws. This practice also needs to be stopped.
Don't get me wrong, Bush had people who pulled the same shit, so did Bill Clinton, and Bush before him. You guys need to go back and read the warnings of Carroll Quigley. Seriously.
Look, What we truly, truly need is cameras and press at Bilderberg meetings, instead of "closed" meetings where these major corporations get to pay off under-the-table bribes to politicians. What ever happened to freedom of press?
Plus, Obama and HIllary both attended Bilderberg in 2008 in Virginia, we all know the truth: Its a place for politicians to go to recieve bribes from corporations to write favoritism legislation. Subsidation = corruption.
Damn straight Cenk! Public Financing is a no-brainer. If the Court insists on Companies having their voice too - fine. The pay 0.05% tax or whatever it is too. Time to stop the revolving doors get some policy that is what is best for the country and the people not whats best for whichever company can have the largest loophole written in.
Look, What we need is cameras and press at Bilderberg meetings, instead of "closed" meetings where these major corporations get to pay off under-the-table bribes to politicians. What ever happened to freedom of press?
Plus, Obama and HIllary both attended Bilderberg in 2008 in Virginia, we all know the truth: Its a place for politicians to go to recieve bribes from corporations to write favoritism legislation. Subsidation = corruption.
I think the bigger stories is politicians being brought from business owners from other countries. What's next, John Boebner on the gulf course with his new lobbyist Kim Jong?
Cenk I disagree with you on a massive scale! If only public funding for campaigns is allowed then how will 3rd party candidates or even independent candidates get funding? I am hoping to see the end of the 2 party system in my lifetime.
@Eaglesfaninca That's easy. Whatever amount we decide is up for grabs gets divided evenly among all candidates. We can also allow donations that add to this fund so each candidate has more money. If anything, public funding HELPS third parties.
@jstutz2003 Do you realize how many parties there are? I think last election for president, we had 8 parties running. And what is to stop someone from saying, "i am running too!" how do you qualify who gets the money to run? That is the problem with public funding.
@bluefootedpig Easy, if you don't get the signatures to be on the ballot, you don't get the funding. If you have a lot of people running, that just means less money per candidate. This isn't rocket science. Google "Public Campaign". They have a pretty good system set up.
@Eaglesfaninca Why have a third party if you can simply assimilate one of the two big parties? That's what the Green and Libertarian parties should do. Look, one would expect, for example, evangelical christians to form their own party, but they don't. Instead, they hijack the Republican party and now they're in a powerful position. The same could be said for environmentalists and the Democratic party. Just assimilate.
I'll add to this solution. Public only financed elections are a great idea, but it must be implemented with some others. Make lobbying in Washington DC ILLEGAL, ABOLISH the Elections Committee, END the electoral college even though the presidential election is hardly important compared to mid-terms, and public only financed elections. Until the corporate control of Washington ends and the election rules are changed to give all parties a fair chance, we will never have an honest government.
Politicians don't want campaign finance reform because they're all crooks. They care nothing about the people who voted and sent them to Washington, they only care about money, power, and prestigue.
@frictionRx5 good sir, i want to bring it to your attention that the word you are using is pronounced fanboy, not fanboi. i find it of the utmost importance that one uses proper grammar and spelling. now if you mind i have to go and fetch my tophat from the dry-cleaners.
Points well made TYT. Anybody, can run for offfice & we'll have true publicServants we can put in jail for contirbutions (bribery) & rakcketeering (conspiracies) & all those suit & tie corporateBandits like Meglomaniac & KarlyIncorporated will be running for the hills without their payOuts or privateServants!
Obama didn't win the election because he had more money than mcCain, he had more money McCain because he was going to win the election
People saw that obama was going to win and donated, it's like having a football team, you want to see your guy win so you'll spend money on tickets to support him. You don't want to see a game where you know your teams gonna lose.
I am against lobbyist but in reality even if we get finance reform it won't give us the change we need
Public funding wouldn't even be tough. On your tax reform, it would ask if you would like to donate towards a public fund. It wouldn't even be hard if the minimum was one dollar. Then cut the amount donated privately, cap the amount donated by "networks" (corporations, industrial interests, religious interests). and voila, we've just taken two steps forward.
What we need is cameras and press at Bilderberg meetings, instead of "closed" meetings where these major corporations get to pay off under-the-table bribes to politicians. What ever happened to freedom of press?
I say we had a good run, but America's done; it's over; it's done more bad that good, and we should just scrap it, and start over. Our system is worthless. Money equals power, and respect in our country. I don't mean to say that America is the only country this way, but it's one of the worst of it's kind. We don't prosecute on right or wrong, guilty, or not guilty, we do so on how it will affect other cases as such. Our government can be manipulated to do anything with enough money.
@fondlist "Money equals power, and respect in our country."
Not respect and power, but power and corruption. How can anyone worth their weight in salt have any respect for this process or the people behind it, or look at our bought political system and not conclude that it's anything but corrupt?
This is a clear sign that Sarah Palin WILL be our NEXT and GREATEST President of ALL ETERNITY! She is raising $ in order to become President! SarahPAC will TOPPLE over ObozoPAC and break Obozo's fundraising records!
I think GE / NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, CBS Viacom FOX, and any media or ANY other corporation should be banned from making ANY CONTRIBUTIONS to ANY government officials and should be biased on ANY government policy.
@oJKBo Not necessarily, as public financing can be directly tied to election results. In Canada political parties are not equally subsidized, but rather they receive $1.75 per vote.
@l0gically so in a free country the government should put guns to peoples heads and steal their property to give a 'fair' chance to another candidate.
I'm sad to have to say it, but campaign reform in the USA will never happen. There's just too many bought politicians for any such reform bill to have a snowball's chance in hell of passing, let alone an actual chance of passing. Besides, it would take a constitutional amendment to mach such reform stick; Otherwise, the first chance the corrupt politicians get, they'd repeal the law and go back to business as usual.
@Xerxes4242 Not while we hold WMD's. That there is our trump card that says we can take your food right off of your plate and eat it in front of you while you starve to death. That there is democracy-The lone star way.
@Xerxes4242 Too bad fascism equates totalitarianism system; Meaning no civil rights, no human rights, no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press all which by the way we (U.S) do have so that cripples your integrity, and makes me think you didn't think first to look up the word fascism before using it. Chalk one up for the U.S.
@1nglewattz1 I'd believe you if you had freedom of the press or real freedom of speech. And decent civil rights. You're OK on all counts, but not acee.
Fantastic, also negative campaign ads should be outlawed as well.
Use live debates if you want to attack an opponent., that way they can defend their position. I'm willing to bet that 90% of campaign ads that mention the opponent attempt to represent something the said or did completely out of context.
If campaigns are financed by public money, they might also be more careful with their advertisements, and won't spend tons of money pointing out useless shit like flag lapels.
Absolutely. It's disgusting that it takes so much money to get Madison Avenue to sell a candidate. Whatever happened to debate? What ever happened to candidates discussing policy instead of hurling shit and each other.
try CANADA'S election funding system.donations are limited to a specific amount and the number of votes u recieve in the previous election determine the amount of funding you recieve for the next election cycle.
@danjorgen No, I think that is pretty absurd. The reason that corporations are so influential now is that is legal to donate to politicians campaigns. Do you think that hundreds of companies will all of a sudden take on huge legal risks by breaking the law to bribe politicians? Sure there will always be a few companies that don't mind blatantly breaking the law, but to think that campaign finance reform will cause large numbers of companies to act criminally is pretty far fetched.
and elimentate or lessen the rules that just breack the thrid party canadates, lets get them more involded, right now the system is so dominates by the demos and GOP that they can't crack it, and those two make laws that shut them out, it's time to change that! more thrid parties, more accurate pic of the country overall, more voice, more choice, more democracy... unlike BS like elected senate and by elections.
Sadly, Public financed elections can be used against progressives. Unsupervised & corrupt boards of "Ethics" can not only ruin a campaign, they have the right to ruin anyone running for public office with insane fines for made-up infractions. "Ethics" bureaucrats who owe their jobs to incumbents and local Power brokers have LOTS of incentive to make life hard for newcomers. I wish the system worked. But sadly, it doesn't.
@TracyInsomiac What "Unsupervised & corrupt boards of "Ethics"" are you talking about? We don't have publicly financed elections yet, so we don't have any "boards" investigating them. Where are you getting this information from? How do you know some "board of ethics" for federal congressional and presidential campaign financing that hasn't even been formed yet will be unsupervised or corrupt???
The conservatives say if we tax the corporations, they'll just make us pay. Well, guess who's paying for campaign financing?
I absolutely agree. It's illegal to charge a poll tax, why do we allow private individuals to donate thousands of dollars to influence votes? It's nuts.
get rid of all campaign contributions and have only government money used..no more paid lobbyist... all government employees can't work for companies they regulate or awarding contracts to for 5 yrs to end the revolving door between government and corporations...the revolving door practice we have now has destroyed the economy as well as corrupted the government
i think for the next presidential election, instead of an election we have that years american idol winner bindfoldedly throw a dart at a map of the country, send a chimp there, and whoevers hand that chimp grabs first, is the new president.
After watching this I have only two words: Fuck. Yes.
jamesgaspard 1 year ago
American Politicians are broken and corrupted, people need to wake up
uberster 1 year ago
I don't know about you, Cenk, but I don't want my tax dollars to fund an ad for Sarah Palin.
MedievalWerewolf 1 year ago
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mtb416 1 year ago
You need to stop being so LIBERAL!! 63 SEATS BYE BYE!! HAHAAHAH!! FRIGGING LOOOSERS!
mgallant01 1 year ago
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A Term Limit Song
on youtube... this is what America wants!!!
GooseyStudios 1 year ago
YOU LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BYE BYE HOUSE!! HAHHAHAHH! BYE BYE SIXTY SEATS!! HAHAHAHAH!!
So sorry!! BUUUBYE majority!! HAHAHAH!
mgallant01 1 year ago
@JASONNHENCHMENN Sure, bud. You can find conservative clips ALL OVER YOUTUBE if you search for them. Youtube is a database. It has no bias. The only bias present is the bias of the user who uploads an edited video. Not EVERYTHING is a liberal conspiracy theory.
Just because there are videos on the web that you don't like doesn't automatically mean that somebody is out to get you. Grow the fuck up.
Hatredthopter 1 year ago
@Hatredthopter I think Jasonhenchmenn brings up a good point. When I pull up the politics section all I see is TYT, and MSNBC. There is no conspiracy but obviously bias. I happen to like Cenk, and starting to like Dylan, but obviously bias is present. This just means I now have to go elsewhere for news.
EndTheFedRes 1 year ago
@EndTheFedRes Could it be that The Young Turks and MSNBC are on the front page because those videos ARE MORE POPULAR?
Pull your head out of your ass.
Hatredthopter 1 year ago
The Left keeps picking Muslims as their poster boys. Go figure.
Everywhere else, outside North Korea, the single most wildly popular YouTube channel will have, at most, 1 or 2 videos on the front page of its section, on any given day.
For the past weeks leading up to election day, the front page of YouTube's politics section was 100% "Turk". Today, 19 of the 23 are "Turk". The "Turk" is the signature trait of YouTube's political fraud engine.
Liberalism = Fascism hiding behind the L-word.
TylerNull 1 year ago
@TylerNull This isn't factual information. It's a long string of bullshit because, at heart, you hate brown people. Maybe if you weren't such a small minded racist you'd make better arguments.
Hatredthopter 1 year ago
@Hatredthopter
First you deny reality and then you post your delusions.
CHANGE.
TylerNull 1 year ago
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Hatredthopter 1 year ago
@Hatredthopter
It's not that you are unable to discriminate between observations and theories that's so impressive, but rather it's the pride and gaiety you take in demonstrating that fact.
Oh, and stop pretending that you've read a book.
TylerNull 1 year ago
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Hatredthopter 1 year ago
@TylerNull I will redirect you to your own words to prove how much of a lying hypocrite you are. "...the difference is they silence us with out the bullets and jailtime,and just ban us for thought crime."
It was totally observational until you said that. Which is conspiratorial nonsense. Have fun choking on your own words.
Hatredthopter 1 year ago
@Hatredthopter
"It was totally observational ...", so we agree on your dementia.
As for the rest, "Have fun choking on your own ..." hallucinations.
TylerNull 1 year ago
Campaign finance reform is one of the worst things that has happened to our democracy in 100 years. This is just ONE story that is known, and if it does not chill you to your core....i don't know what would.
youtube.com/watch?v=EgyzalpAk7I
Tevarion1 1 year ago
Campaign finance reform is one of the worst things that has happened to our democracy in 100 years. This is just ONE story that is known, and if it does not chill you to your core....i don't know what would.
youtube.com/watch?v=EgyzalpAk7I
Tevarion1 1 year ago
considering the amount of money the "tea party" movement is collecting and spending on campaigns I think that they are irresponsible to make accusations concerning fiscal responsibility. But it is true that the opposition spends an enormous amount of cash trying to get elected too. I just think that people who try to make the case regarding spending a major theme of their campaign have zero credibilty on this issue if they themself are trhowing millions, maybe billions of dollars themselves
SunimZen 1 year ago
But then how would politians afford the prostetutes as campaign workers!
zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1 1 year ago
Tell Your Truth.
fearfullpeople 1 year ago
politicians are male prostitutes... they sell themselves for money... i got 5 politicians for sale... any buyers? im the []D[][]v[][]D =D
Pher0cious 1 year ago
Politicians are getting so much kickback from the lobbies they'll never even consider a reform.
HarfangX 1 year ago
Cenk just does not get it. Lobbying has always been apart of our system. Regardless of who finances elections, you will still have lobbying. Democrats want public financing because they have more FREE manpower with the unions. It would limit the ability of people to voice their own opinions. It is wrong to assume that everyone who donates is buying something. Principled candidates do not sell their votes.
CommonSenseJoe 1 year ago
@CommonSenseJoe ur dumb. of course people who want contribute want something in return. u think BP is skimping all corners on the clean up recovery, but then donates money to politicians in good will? gimme a break. u have 0 common sense and are a huge tool for making such a ridiculouslyun-applicable username
sportsdrb 1 year ago
@sportsdrb BP is skimping? They are paying more money to these people than they would have made working. They are getting scammed big time. It is anther Katrina deal.
The reason businesses donate is to keep the government from destroying their businesses. It is the biggest legal protection scheme out there.
CommonSenseJoe 1 year ago
Thank-you Cenk! Please stay on course. Sometimes you are hard to read - as far as on-side with the elite/special interests - or not - time will tell. You are in a crazy important position now - please don't sell out like most do sooner or later. We'll see what they let you talk about - how you talk about it - what questions you can ask - etc;
MicOnTesting 1 year ago
Cenk. If you sell out. Im going to Kill you! Keep up the good work
JurgenJust 1 year ago
I disagree if we do have campaign finance, it would give the govt. more power over corporations to tell them how much they can give to a campaign. People need to realize that if we truly had a free-market, without any govt intervention we would not have lobbyist, special interest groups, etc. So the whole notion of saying, "No the govt. limits the amount you can spend on a candidate" is basically telling a citizen "You cannot spend that much money" its ludicrous
What we need is a Free-market!
North2016 1 year ago
@North2016 I don't think you understand the concept. Publicly funded elections mean that each candidate is given a lump sum of money to run their election and corporations and individuals would not be allowed to contribute any funds what so ever.
Your notion of "free-market" means there would be no lobbyists is unbelievably naive.
hassleoffa 1 year ago
@hassleoffa I actually do, if the government really got out of the main picture we wouldn't have lobbyist or special interest groups in Washington, its not naive its reality, a true Free-market economy.
North2016 1 year ago
@hassleoffa Government is the problem, not the solution...
North2016 1 year ago
@hassleoffa No... public funding can also mean individuals can contribute however you need to cap how much each person can contribute... say $5000... or $1000... or $300... whatever we decide is the max an average joe would contribute. Of course... then you get into the problem of people using other people's names to donate and the verifications alone could be costly.
HarfangX 1 year ago
You don't even NEED public financing. Just BAN all paid-for campaigning... Media HAS AN INTEREST IN BROADCASTING DEBATES... and candidates will attend MORE debates just to get their message out!!!! Debates are a much better format for exposing candidates' positions. That would be a complete solution. The only legal requirements should be that media invite ALL candidates that are running, when hosting election-candidate debates.
TheNavigateur 1 year ago
That was quite good, Cenk. Simple, well explained, very sincere. As I see you on television more and more, you seem to be getting more comfortable. Still, i like it best when you are keeping it real on TYT =)
whoatootsieroll 1 year ago 4
MLK is still waiting for that American check to NOT be returned "Insufficient Funds"!
:P
Joxman2k 1 year ago
A PERFECT talking point! This is the exact reason why I don't vote. If the politicians actually worked FOR US I'd be in the voting booths every two years like everyone else. The fact is that they don't represent us anymore, and I REFUSE to cast a vote for a bunch of criminal mouthpieces who represent criminals who are simply above the law, so they're never held accountable.
When our country becomes a true democracy again, represented by the people, and for the people, I'll participate!
darkridr25 1 year ago
@darkridr25 It's exactly this kind of attitude that's part of the problem. We need people who are concerned about this country's problems out there voting. It's not a perfect solution, but it's the last legal weapon we have.
seeqer66 1 year ago
@seeqer66 I understand your frustration, but I believe in having my vote count for something, and with our current system the way it is, it simply wouldn't, should I place it. Can you give me a specific way that voting for one crook is better than voting for another? I said it before, and I'll say it again: Voting on the lesser of evils is still voting for evil, which I refuse to do!
A legal weapon that shoots spit-wads is worthless when everyone else is using ak47's.
darkridr25 1 year ago
@darkridr25 Fine, then vote for a third party candidate or a write in candidate. They won't get elected, but if enough people vote that way, it sends its own message.
seeqer66 1 year ago
Almost never do I agree with you but on this You are spot on!
dmhappy2777 1 year ago
i think rome is going to fall rather fast and hard
mrpatience2007 1 year ago
The system is broken. If this continues it's going to be anarchy. That's not good for anybody. I don't care what your politics are. Stop now.
harrypalms1112 1 year ago
No. Seriously, i think there should be a grading scale. see, use the approval rating. That is waht your income will be based on as politician in office, the higher your approval, the more money you make, the lower your approval rating, the less money you make...see, kicking someone out of office is hard, but if you are doing such a bad job at it that you actually cant afford to do the job anymore, then maybe that will change the way politicians behave. "Oh shit, we're voting on taxes again.."
Parad0xEch0 1 year ago
WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE THUMB DOWN THIS.
I just don't get it... I really just don't get it
bevon17 1 year ago
RNC represents Americans. Unfortunately they define Americans as Global Corporations, Wall Street, and Rich Dudes...
So face it, we already lost America so Vote Repub/Tea and beg for forgiveness. Pray that you at least can live out your lfe, apologize to your children that you sold America to Global Corps & Wall Street.
lewislwood 1 year ago
i 100% agree with you! who rules america? not the politicians in washington but giant american corporations
FreshZerglings 1 year ago
ANOTHER ELBOW CENK! KEEP YOUR KRAKEN IN RELEASE MODE !
shoomiz723x 1 year ago
Politics bring out the worst in people.
ThaGenius101 1 year ago
"Inside every flawed and(or) faulty systems, some will always reap unfair, and unearned benefit(s), as a direct result of the very fault or flaw. And those reaping these unfair benefits will fight diligently to prevent any and all correction from occurring".
Campaign Finance Reform will NEVER HAPPEN! Too many are reaping tremendous financial benefits, and they are the one's in a position to correct that.
Especially when there's SO much money in FEAR and HATE!
TruthAndMoreTruth 1 year ago 6
TruthAndMoreTruth
people are getting smarter. NOW money goes into fear and hate but back in the day we'd pay THEM to get filled with fear and hate (ie Churches although some people still do it) now a lot of the population is on to their game.... MAN if they would have foreseen their "propaganda machine" (television) backfiring in the future we STILL wouldn't have TV's Good thing they never anticipated the internet newscorp bought myspace which primarily targets the new generation AND IT Begins
upplsuckimcool16 1 year ago
One Six Year Term
renton2872 1 year ago
they could just cap the amount they can spend.
itubeutude 1 year ago
Lobbying group donations and corporate donations need to be made illegal, it's the only way that the politicians will work for the people, which is what they're meant to do in the first place!
Saaduk92 1 year ago
Now they have retirement finance reform. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THE NEW BANKSTER SCAM CALLED GRAs(GUARANTEED RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS) . They want your 401K money. They want to steal your retirement money for themselves. They will FORCE you into GRAs instead of 401Ks! YOU WILL NOT HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY! The government will 'manage' it for you....they will 'manage' to STEAL it from you! Everyone needs to become aware of GRAs! And be sure to read about the HEIR clause!
RAMKING61 1 year ago
I wonder who were the seven fools who thumed down this video.
Lungyao1 1 year ago
@Lungyao1 3 bank lobbyists, 2 big pharma lobbyists, and 2 tea party nutheads.
zhuqi315 1 year ago
The Dow is up 80 points...
slitrobo 1 year ago
There's no point in arguing or trying to tackle any other issue until we take care of campaign financing. Corruption affects everything else and this is its heart.
harmon756 1 year ago
i say the peaple of the us get togetter and get ritcher than the banks and buy the politics back
its a lot faster than reform (and more realistic)
slim5782 1 year ago
That comment is about is dumb as your spelling...
upplsuckimcool16 1 year ago
NO LIBERALS OR PATRIOTS IN POWER, ONLY NEOCONS.
Greedy Politicians Love Scheming, it will say anything, do anything, show anything, use anything, quit from anything, lie & pretend to be anything, fake any emotions, manipulate or deceive anything, exploit anything, it will DO ANYTHING TO GET ATTENTION, MORE PUBLICITY & POWER FOR ITSELF AND ITS ZIONIST BOSSES, AND TO GET MORE MONEY & WEALTH.
Politicians=Greedy Lying Corporate-Owned Israel-Puppet Corrupt SOCIOPATHIC Neocon Criminals who want MONEY.
halcyon0830 1 year ago
cenk for president
stevenhamlin1000 1 year ago
LMAO! Here is Cenk complaining about our campaign finance laws AGAIN! Why would our government officials change a system that makes them rich?! Cenk and everyone else can complain about our finance laws until they're blue in the face but NOTHING WILL CHANGE unless the change makes our government officials more rich! This video was 3 minutes and 18 seconds worth of wasted airtime! LOL
halette20001 1 year ago
@halette20001 hes talking to the voters. not the gov. hes saying we need to vote for people who are in favor of removing lobbyists from elections, ad dont take money from corporations
EncinoRecords 1 year ago
@EncinoRecords I understand but I'm saying that the change he want will NEVER occur, regardless of who wins elections.
Cenl thinks voters can solve the problem, but they cant! Why? Because MONEY talks! Cenk admits the more money spent the more likely you'll get elected. That comment alone indicates the problem will never be solved, because the people getting elected are the people with the most financing from lobbyists and corporations. Cenk own facts prove me right!
halette20001 1 year ago
Campaign financing would help. But the politicians and their staff are also awarded with high paying jobs when they leave office, by the companies they helped by jiggering the laws. This practice also needs to be stopped.
BHallBrowser 1 year ago
Cenk, what steps can people take to make this a reality? How do you make it so that campaign funding comes from the people and not corporations?
jwilder116 1 year ago
Ignore frictionRx5 and mark his comments as spam...damn troll.
Anyway campaign finance reform seems common sense to me...but Americans are dumb.
refuckulate420 1 year ago
LOL!
I see this whiney liberal dickhead is still living in his leftwing la la fantasy land
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
STFU ALREADY!
EPIC FAIL!
frictionRx5 1 year ago
Don't get me wrong, Bush had people who pulled the same shit, so did Bill Clinton, and Bush before him. You guys need to go back and read the warnings of Carroll Quigley. Seriously.
noyouaintgettingit 1 year ago
Look, What we truly, truly need is cameras and press at Bilderberg meetings, instead of "closed" meetings where these major corporations get to pay off under-the-table bribes to politicians. What ever happened to freedom of press?
Plus, Obama and HIllary both attended Bilderberg in 2008 in Virginia, we all know the truth: Its a place for politicians to go to recieve bribes from corporations to write favoritism legislation. Subsidation = corruption.
noyouaintgettingit 1 year ago
Damn straight Cenk! Public Financing is a no-brainer. If the Court insists on Companies having their voice too - fine. The pay 0.05% tax or whatever it is too. Time to stop the revolving doors get some policy that is what is best for the country and the people not whats best for whichever company can have the largest loophole written in.
tcdowning666 1 year ago
Look, What we need is cameras and press at Bilderberg meetings, instead of "closed" meetings where these major corporations get to pay off under-the-table bribes to politicians. What ever happened to freedom of press?
Plus, Obama and HIllary both attended Bilderberg in 2008 in Virginia, we all know the truth: Its a place for politicians to go to recieve bribes from corporations to write favoritism legislation. Subsidation = corruption.
noyouaintgettingit 1 year ago
I think the bigger stories is politicians being brought from business owners from other countries. What's next, John Boebner on the gulf course with his new lobbyist Kim Jong?
sholmesful 1 year ago
Cenk I disagree with you on a massive scale! If only public funding for campaigns is allowed then how will 3rd party candidates or even independent candidates get funding? I am hoping to see the end of the 2 party system in my lifetime.
Eaglesfaninca 1 year ago
Everyone, who gets votes, gets money? And you could tax the corporations , who at the moment have enough money to buy the politians..
AustrianAtheist 1 year ago
@Eaglesfaninca That's easy. Whatever amount we decide is up for grabs gets divided evenly among all candidates. We can also allow donations that add to this fund so each candidate has more money. If anything, public funding HELPS third parties.
jstutz2003 1 year ago
@jstutz2003 Do you realize how many parties there are? I think last election for president, we had 8 parties running. And what is to stop someone from saying, "i am running too!" how do you qualify who gets the money to run? That is the problem with public funding.
bluefootedpig 1 year ago
@bluefootedpig Easy, if you don't get the signatures to be on the ballot, you don't get the funding. If you have a lot of people running, that just means less money per candidate. This isn't rocket science. Google "Public Campaign". They have a pretty good system set up.
jstutz2003 1 year ago
@Eaglesfaninca Why have a third party if you can simply assimilate one of the two big parties? That's what the Green and Libertarian parties should do. Look, one would expect, for example, evangelical christians to form their own party, but they don't. Instead, they hijack the Republican party and now they're in a powerful position. The same could be said for environmentalists and the Democratic party. Just assimilate.
KakashiBallZ 1 year ago
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TheUSMetalhead 1 year ago
I'll add to this solution. Public only financed elections are a great idea, but it must be implemented with some others. Make lobbying in Washington DC ILLEGAL, ABOLISH the Elections Committee, END the electoral college even though the presidential election is hardly important compared to mid-terms, and public only financed elections. Until the corporate control of Washington ends and the election rules are changed to give all parties a fair chance, we will never have an honest government.
TheUSMetalhead 1 year ago 35
More money = more corruption
ThaGenius101 1 year ago
Politicians don't want campaign finance reform because they're all crooks. They care nothing about the people who voted and sent them to Washington, they only care about money, power, and prestigue.
ThaGenius101 1 year ago
It will never happen. There are too many politicians willing to do anything, *anything* to keep that payola coming.
tetsubo57 1 year ago
each candidate should only spend $5000 on a campaign... anything more than that is unacceptable
ogapadoga2 1 year ago
the thing america needs the most is to limit the amount of money they can use in campaigning, drasticly
wargarurumon 1 year ago
this really is the central issue facing democracy right now. don't forget.. don't give up.. thanks Cenk.
slackologist 1 year ago 56
@slackologist
couldn't agree more, and this goes for every democracy worldwide but it is very true in the US.
Alexwozere 1 year ago
thank you cenk
narezul 1 year ago
LOL when young turk the wannabe leftwing smear merchant says he wants honest debates
yeah that's a fucking joke just like his leftwing parrot ass
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
another young turk EPIC FAIL!
frictionRx5 1 year ago
@frictionRx5 i'm gonna keep this short: TROLL
wargarurumon 1 year ago
@wargarurumon
FANBOI
frictionRx5 1 year ago
@frictionRx5 good sir, i want to bring it to your attention that the word you are using is pronounced fanboy, not fanboi. i find it of the utmost importance that one uses proper grammar and spelling. now if you mind i have to go and fetch my tophat from the dry-cleaners.
wargarurumon 1 year ago 2
@wargarurumon LOLZ!
u want proper grammer and spelling on noobtube
YOU FAIL!
frictionRx5 1 year ago
@frictionRx5 you fail at sarcasm -_-
wargarurumon 1 year ago
@frictionRx5 Why is wanted honest debates a joke? You good sir, are the joke.
Tent316 1 year ago
The US is bought and paid for by big corp, it doesn't , mater of you vote rep or dem, there all corrupt, the US is just as corrupt as Zimbabwe
DutchPow3r 1 year ago
@DutchPow3r They're just better at hiding it.
bunkmasterflex 1 year ago
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DutchPow3r 1 year ago
cenk is *moving on up!!*
badjer1785 1 year ago
dang right cenk
GiantsFanMan21 1 year ago
Points well made TYT. Anybody, can run for offfice & we'll have true publicServants we can put in jail for contirbutions (bribery) & rakcketeering (conspiracies) & all those suit & tie corporateBandits like Meglomaniac & KarlyIncorporated will be running for the hills without their payOuts or privateServants!
rwcbanzai 1 year ago
I think its corruption 1o1.
ffsallnamestaken 1 year ago
Obama didn't win the election because he had more money than mcCain, he had more money McCain because he was going to win the election
People saw that obama was going to win and donated, it's like having a football team, you want to see your guy win so you'll spend money on tickets to support him. You don't want to see a game where you know your teams gonna lose.
I am against lobbyist but in reality even if we get finance reform it won't give us the change we need
PokerJoey888 1 year ago
By the way? Obama attended Bilderberg with Hillary in 2008!! Its true!
noyouaintgettingit 1 year ago
demint started the recession lol
frank4lyfe777 1 year ago
@frank4lyfe777
lol
noyouaintgettingit 1 year ago
Public funding wouldn't even be tough. On your tax reform, it would ask if you would like to donate towards a public fund. It wouldn't even be hard if the minimum was one dollar. Then cut the amount donated privately, cap the amount donated by "networks" (corporations, industrial interests, religious interests). and voila, we've just taken two steps forward.
ninerdanish 1 year ago
What we need is cameras and press at Bilderberg meetings, instead of "closed" meetings where these major corporations get to pay off under-the-table bribes to politicians. What ever happened to freedom of press?
noyouaintgettingit 1 year ago
When is Cenk going to take over Chris Matthew's 7pm slot?
drummerboysareawesom 1 year ago 2
I say we had a good run, but America's done; it's over; it's done more bad that good, and we should just scrap it, and start over. Our system is worthless. Money equals power, and respect in our country. I don't mean to say that America is the only country this way, but it's one of the worst of it's kind. We don't prosecute on right or wrong, guilty, or not guilty, we do so on how it will affect other cases as such. Our government can be manipulated to do anything with enough money.
fondlist 1 year ago 2
@fondlist "Money equals power, and respect in our country."
Not respect and power, but power and corruption. How can anyone worth their weight in salt have any respect for this process or the people behind it, or look at our bought political system and not conclude that it's anything but corrupt?
l0gically 1 year ago
More like we need Obama reform NOW, either that or an impeaching and subsequent lynching of that corporate controlled slave niger sellout.
MaicoMoon 1 year ago
This is a clear sign that Sarah Palin WILL be our NEXT and GREATEST President of ALL ETERNITY! She is raising $ in order to become President! SarahPAC will TOPPLE over ObozoPAC and break Obozo's fundraising records!
ecwaufisxtreme 1 year ago
I think GE / NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, CBS Viacom FOX, and any media or ANY other corporation should be banned from making ANY CONTRIBUTIONS to ANY government officials and should be biased on ANY government policy.
szaboservices 1 year ago
get em cenk
B4TT3RY 1 year ago 2
The problem with public campaign financing is it requires everyone to subsidize campaigns and politicians they might be completely opposed to.
oJKBo 1 year ago
@oJKBo Not necessarily, as public financing can be directly tied to election results. In Canada political parties are not equally subsidized, but rather they receive $1.75 per vote.
cappercastro 1 year ago
@oJKBo So they should be able to choke off the freedom to express ideas to which they are opposed? In a free country? Wow, the irony.
l0gically 1 year ago
@l0gically so in a free country the government should put guns to peoples heads and steal their property to give a 'fair' chance to another candidate.
oJKBo 1 year ago
@l0gically oh and i suppose you supported mccain feingold
oJKBo 1 year ago
The corporations are corrupt and Demint caused the recession.
livingeasi 1 year ago
The gun lobby, and the NRA.... Perfect example
hofifut 1 year ago
Maybe the problem is that Corporations are not for the public good nor subject to the restrictions they once were.
JizzonTheDark 1 year ago
@JizzonTheDark There's no maybe.
BigMrFirebird 1 year ago
one of your best videos cenk.
lurvig 1 year ago
I'm sad to have to say it, but campaign reform in the USA will never happen. There's just too many bought politicians for any such reform bill to have a snowball's chance in hell of passing, let alone an actual chance of passing. Besides, it would take a constitutional amendment to mach such reform stick; Otherwise, the first chance the corrupt politicians get, they'd repeal the law and go back to business as usual.
FuckYouLetMeLogIn 1 year ago
@FuckYouLetMeLogIn May your country fall and make the world a better place.
Xerxes4242 1 year ago
@Xerxes4242 Not while we hold WMD's. That there is our trump card that says we can take your food right off of your plate and eat it in front of you while you starve to death. That there is democracy-The lone star way.
1nglewattz1 1 year ago
@1nglewattz1 replace democracy with fascism, and all is true about your country.
Xerxes4242 1 year ago
@Xerxes4242 Too bad fascism equates totalitarianism system; Meaning no civil rights, no human rights, no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press all which by the way we (U.S) do have so that cripples your integrity, and makes me think you didn't think first to look up the word fascism before using it. Chalk one up for the U.S.
1nglewattz1 1 year ago
@1nglewattz1 I'd believe you if you had freedom of the press or real freedom of speech. And decent civil rights. You're OK on all counts, but not acee.
Xerxes4242 1 year ago
@FuckYouLetMeLogIn Replace democracy with fascism, and all is true about your country.
Xerxes4242 1 year ago
But that's how it's done in Socialist Canada!
tauceti1234 1 year ago
CENK don't forget to save the " Dimits Started the Recession " and play it every time the Play a Clip of a Politician Dogging a Question.
thockoro 1 year ago
This idea seems to be catching steam.
dEdGrimley 1 year ago
CENK FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mams31383 1 year ago 2
I have a question. Even if campaign funding came from the public couldn't corporations just pay politicians privately?
Mudd0000 1 year ago
@Mudd0000
Of course, so someone would need to keep an eye on them, and so on.
Ragitsu 1 year ago
2:34 you can hear someone laugh. :)
nojamesmypie 1 year ago
Cenk is so right about this!
peleproductions 1 year ago
Fantastic, also negative campaign ads should be outlawed as well.
Use live debates if you want to attack an opponent., that way they can defend their position. I'm willing to bet that 90% of campaign ads that mention the opponent attempt to represent something the said or did completely out of context.
andiconda3 1 year ago
No No No No No!
Do not be dipshits!
That is the cart before the horse.
Campaign finance reform does nothing.
Remove personhood status of all corporations.
Then and only then can CFR be simple, and make sense.
DonQuixotedeKaw 1 year ago
@DonQuixotedeKaw Why would it do nothing?
petieee 1 year ago
9/11 inside job
peoplz360 1 year ago
OOO I asked this couple of videos ago... glad to see the issue around my question on TV :D
zmo272 1 year ago
If campaigns are financed by public money, they might also be more careful with their advertisements, and won't spend tons of money pointing out useless shit like flag lapels.
VolatileReaction 1 year ago
@VolatileReaction flags on lapels.*
VolatileReaction 1 year ago
Absolutely. It's disgusting that it takes so much money to get Madison Avenue to sell a candidate. Whatever happened to debate? What ever happened to candidates discussing policy instead of hurling shit and each other.
seamoremonster 1 year ago
try CANADA'S election funding system.donations are limited to a specific amount and the number of votes u recieve in the previous election determine the amount of funding you recieve for the next election cycle.
Cap1108 1 year ago 9
LOL DEAD AT THAT PICTURE!
StanOfGB 1 year ago
@danjorgen No, I think that is pretty absurd. The reason that corporations are so influential now is that is legal to donate to politicians campaigns. Do you think that hundreds of companies will all of a sudden take on huge legal risks by breaking the law to bribe politicians? Sure there will always be a few companies that don't mind blatantly breaking the law, but to think that campaign finance reform will cause large numbers of companies to act criminally is pretty far fetched.
DirtFlyer 1 year ago
1 person is a CEO at a Fortune 500 company that wants to take over America.
CrashtUnBurned 1 year ago
I'm sick of the words. "I'll take this corporate money, but I won't let it influence me. (wink)."
Dradeeus 1 year ago
and elimentate or lessen the rules that just breack the thrid party canadates, lets get them more involded, right now the system is so dominates by the demos and GOP that they can't crack it, and those two make laws that shut them out, it's time to change that! more thrid parties, more accurate pic of the country overall, more voice, more choice, more democracy... unlike BS like elected senate and by elections.
KangaKucha 1 year ago
Sadly, Public financed elections can be used against progressives. Unsupervised & corrupt boards of "Ethics" can not only ruin a campaign, they have the right to ruin anyone running for public office with insane fines for made-up infractions. "Ethics" bureaucrats who owe their jobs to incumbents and local Power brokers have LOTS of incentive to make life hard for newcomers. I wish the system worked. But sadly, it doesn't.
TracyInsomiac 1 year ago
@TracyInsomiac What "Unsupervised & corrupt boards of "Ethics"" are you talking about? We don't have publicly financed elections yet, so we don't have any "boards" investigating them. Where are you getting this information from? How do you know some "board of ethics" for federal congressional and presidential campaign financing that hasn't even been formed yet will be unsupervised or corrupt???
DirtFlyer 1 year ago
sadly even in the UK the rise of the "corporate sponsorship" is well documented
we must have full public funding of all elections to ensure their decent AND honest
and that the candidate's are not in the pocket of who ever funds them!
grahamkeithtodd 1 year ago
I agree.
nabiji 1 year ago
we also need to refrom the voting system, no more pluality!!! we need PREFERENCE VOTING!!!
KangaKucha 1 year ago
The conservatives say if we tax the corporations, they'll just make us pay. Well, guess who's paying for campaign financing?
I absolutely agree. It's illegal to charge a poll tax, why do we allow private individuals to donate thousands of dollars to influence votes? It's nuts.
TheGiantRobot 1 year ago
Agree completely, and have felt that way since I saw Bulworth.
Wolfau5 1 year ago
get rid of all campaign contributions and have only government money used..no more paid lobbyist... all government employees can't work for companies they regulate or awarding contracts to for 5 yrs to end the revolving door between government and corporations...the revolving door practice we have now has destroyed the economy as well as corrupted the government
xadam2dudex 1 year ago 3
i think for the next presidential election, instead of an election we have that years american idol winner bindfoldedly throw a dart at a map of the country, send a chimp there, and whoevers hand that chimp grabs first, is the new president.
micsulli19 1 year ago
Right on!
juliact 1 year ago