The People's Email Network Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log Go Back Get Serious About A Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United And McCutcheon ********** [185643:111014] E.B., Seattle, WA Even a child knows that corporations aren't people and money isn't speech! Why don't the 5 wrong wing wackos on the Supreme Court know this? ********** [152218:110614] E.B., Seattle, WA Even a child knows that corporations aren't people and money isn't speech! Why don't the 5 wrong wing wackos on the Supreme Court know this? ********** [222523:071714] J.S., Valencia, CA Any member of Congress who will not get behind these critical constitutional clarifications must be replaced with candidates who will. ********** [230942:071314] S.D., Stevenson, WA Get serious you bastards! ********** [195605:061614] E.A., Lynnwood, WA Citizen's United was the opposite of it's deceitful name in every way. It represented the interests of a few corprate oligarchs, at the expense of the vast majority of the rest of us. It must be reversed or our democracy cannot survive. ********** [184751:061614] J.P., Sonoma, CA "Get Serious About A Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United And McCutcheon." ********** [063130:052014] P.M., Saint Louis, MO In North Carolina a rich man invested heavily in local state representative elections. His efforts contributed significantly to the domination of the legislature by candidates he backed. He was subsequently made Budget Director for the state by the Governor. Do you suppose the Governor asks his permission to sign bills? Money talks, but it has no conscience and no place in public decision-making in a democracy. ********** [112521:051914] A.L., Sherman Oaks, CA The Citizens United is the biggest threat to our democracy in a long time and can only be reversed by a Constitutional Amendment. ********** [105904:051714] n.c., Green Valley, AZ please reverse the citizens united and mccutcheon act. ********** [203101:051114] S.M., Hawthorne, CA The US constitutes we the people not we the corporation. To replace this verbage and put ino place and action that money has more value than the voice of we yhe pepple, the citizens of the USA is wrong on all levels and violates our constitutional rights and ' freedoms, ********** [144201:051114] M.C., Iowa City, IA Oligarchs buying our elected officials is bad for our economy and our middle class. We are becoming a banana republic with the middle class and the poor transferring gains from productivity to the wealthiest of the wealthy and losing ground themselves. Since the economy is 70% consumer driven, most of us can't buy enough to sustain the economy. That's why many have left the work force (discouraged workers, long unemployed), many have lost their homes, and the recovery is very weak. ********** [144806:051014] G.M., New York, NY Money is NOT speech, but , instead, is the VOLUME of speech. Those campaigns (and those who support them) with the most money, are able to PUMP UP THE VOLUME of their speech so as to drown other voices, TO THE DETRIMENT of POLITICAL SPEECH, precisely the opposite of the Supreme Court's rationale in the several recent decisions which have amplified the damage done since the Buckley v. Valeo decision of the 1970s! ********** [130630:051014] J.V., Keezletown, VA In a bizarre universe where money is equivalent to free speech, only the extremely wealthy will truly have influence! I don't think our forefathers, the creators of our Constitution, would agree that money equals free speech - and neither do I. ********** [180859:050914] R.S., Petaluma, CA Get the money out of politics. We need a Constitutional Amendment......The job you save may be your own ********** [141725:050914] E.S., West Hollywood, CA I consider this the number one change of the law that I will fight for, without it, our 'democracy' is at great risk ********** [163137:050614] J.M., Sylva, NC Pass constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United now! ********** [083055:050514] r.h., Chicago, IL This is a nobrainer, as they say. We, the citizens, decide these things - not you, not the lobbyists, not the corporations, tho I have noticed that all these people try. We are trying to stop you because you are violating the Constitution. ********** [154032:050414] C.H., Peoria, AZ Please we need an amendment to the constition to overrule Citizens Uniited. We are supposed to have a government for and by the PEOPLE, NOT THE CORPORATIONS and big money. Only you can make change. Don't desert the people of this country. I am 77 yrs old and I care what happens to my country and the people in it--How about you? ********** [161428:050214] R.A., San Jose, CA Stop this lunacy, stop the corporatocracy, and pass the UI extension bill as well ASAP! ********** [070142:050214] B.H., Lakeland, FL Here is a very important issue I feel my paper should address, if it has not already. We are talking about our country and democracy here after all, and ultimately respecting and honoring the constitution by which this country was founded upon. Money entering our political system has been a huge factor leading to so many problems putting what is truly important behind in our country. Please cover this in the paper. ********** [201816:050114] M.M., New York, NY NY Times Editorial, We need an amendment to our Constitution. Although the voting was elitist until. perhaps, until the Civil Rights Er , the act of voting was dynamic, bringing opposing sides to debate the issues. Now, apathy has replaced this passion because the political offices are going to the highest bidder. We desperately need Campaign Finance Reform, there is a frightening silence surrounding the urgent issues of today, such as Global Warming, and Inequality. Even Voting Rights are in jeopardy. ********** [084445:050114] S.A., Spring, TX I believe it is unconstitutional to buy representation in our government, but that is what is happening now. It is no longer a government of the people by the people, it is a government of the very wealthy by the very wealthy for the very wealthy. ********** [160917:043014] D.M., Los Angeles, CA I need you as my member of the House and the United States Senate to cosponsor "corporations are not people" and "money is not speech" resolutions. We also need a new provision for public financing of elections, which the Supreme Court also struck down not long ago. ********** [140004:042914] R.F., Centreville, VA Corporations are NOT people! End the idiocy! ********** [142729:042814] R.O., Crestone, CO At this point the government of the USA is a joke and the joke is on the American people. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is all that matters. Change this and you will be a true American. ********** Go Back