Kucinich Speaks to the Urgency of Getting Private Money out of Politics

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took the House floor, urging fellow Members of Congress to support a constitutional amendment to rescue American democracy by publicly funding federal elections.

Full text follows:

"One of the biggest stumbling blocks to America's economic recovery is corporations can legally buy elections and then influence policies which move millions of jobs out of America, which escape taxation by off shoring profits, which cash in on wars, which press military industrial spending through the roof.

"While we pledge allegiance to the Red, White, and Blue, corporations, whose only allegiance is to green, are selling out America and they are becoming ever more powerful because of a Supreme Court decision in Citizens United which effectively turns this government into an auction where policies may go to the highest bidder.

"House Joint Resolution 100 is a constitutional amendment which aims at taking all private money out of elections and returning government to the people.

"I urge my colleagues to support H.J.Res. 100 so that we can break the golden shackles which are imprisoning this government right now and get rid of corporate influence once and for all.

"No private money in elections. Support H.J.Res. 100."

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[codman666]

RON PAUL / DENNIS KUCINICH 2012!!

[lenaw70]

WOOT! You tell em' Dennis!

[withease9]

You go Dennis Kucinich!!!~~

[KonArtisan]

Through the ruff

[captcrais101]

@MultiDentrix How when he is shutting down the very thing that can do that "big" Government.

[MultiDentrix]

@captcrais101 NO... he wants to get rid of him.

[captcrais101]

@codman666 Ron Paul wants to make peace with the greed Dennis is talking about. That is not possible.

[llg4ever]

Mr. Kucinich ... you and Dr. Paul are two of the last honest people in this puppet, lobbyists, bankers, Zionists, controlled US gov.

[YY4Me133]

@girugamesh9001 That was my point. The problem is, some people see only the corporate corruption, but let corrupt politicians off the hook. I have no idea why so many people make excuses for our employees - and that's what they are - but as long as people don't care things won't get any better. If politicians betray their oath of office, we should throw them out on their butts, but we don't. We give them too much power, and undeserved respect. It's time we demand they respect us.

[gkaba369]

ron paul/kucinich 2012 petitions are available online.

[Ansonidak]

I admire you Mr. Kucinich. I could almost feel the the unspoken words from the other congressmen in the room - "yeah riiiight, we definitely need to stop taking the money"

[girugamesh9001]

@YY4Me133 Get rid of the ability for those politicians to be corrupted and the end result is the same and also a million times easier to do.