Save Our Democracy

Bob Fertik January 27, 2010
PetitionTo save our Democracy, I pledge to:
  • Support a Constitutional Amendment clarifying the First Amendment right of free speech belongs to People, not Corporations
  • Support legislation to prohibit political spending by Corporations with any foreign shareholders, because American elections are for Americans
  • Support legislation requiring shareholders in U.S. Corporations to approve all political expenses, because Corporate money belongs to shareholders
  • Support the Fair Elections Now Act to match small campaign contributions with public funds, to help candidates who refuse Corporate contributions
  • Buy only from Corporations which oppose political spending
  • Vote only for candidates who join me in taking this pledge
82%
20,424 of 25,000
people have signed this petition.
Background
 
In January, five radical Republicans on the Supreme Court overturned 100 years of American law.

They gave huge corporations a Constitutional right to spend unlimited amounts of money to elect candidates at all levels, from Mayor to President.

As President Obama declared in his State of the Union address, this ruling "will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections. I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people."

In 2009, the Chamber of Commerce spent $145 million to defeat healthcare and global warming laws - twice as much as the Democratic Party. In November, they could spend 10 or 100 times as much simply to defeat all Democrats.

This radical ruling could destroy American Democracy if we do not act in time for this November's elections. Please join our nationwide movement to keep Corporations out of politics.

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