One day Americans will look back and say, "I can't believe we used to let money power control our elections and politicians!" The question is, will it be in your lifetime? As is, it is allowed to go on because:

1. not enough people are tuned in.

2. too many have surrendered their power.

3. too many are under the misconception that the interests of money power and their own are compatible.

4. too many believe that as long as they have a shot to move from the have-not column to the have-more-than-I'd-ever-need column, it's all good.

Even those knowing, willing, and able to fight for what society needs, too often take their eye off the prize -- to recognize, what in mathematical terms, is called -- THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS:

The horse that is needed to carry all the other needs in the cart is ELECTION REFORM -- public financing, increased voting opportunities, secure verifiable voting, etc..	It doesn't matter which candidates or what legislation the public piles into the cart because there is nothing to carry it over the money barriers.	Big Business money power fuels elections and re-elections. It buys the politicians and legislation they want. We're left holding the empty bag.	The result is the economy we have today. Big Biz profits and the deficit are at an all-time high, real wages are at an all-time low, and public services are being cut.

Not fixing the election system
and trying to get what you want out of government
is like PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE!

A great example of the cart before the horse was the healthcare insurance reform that became Obama-Care. Because we didn't enact ELECTION REFORM first, the healthcare reform ended up being as much reform as the health insurance industry WOULD ALLOW. They basically wrote the Bill. WE didn't have the political power to pass universal healthcare like every other developed nation.

Until then, it doesn't really matter who is elected. Big donors contribute to both Party's campaigns to hedge their bets so they will control either candidate once they're in office.

Meanwhile the Left & Right voters, in the 99%, keep trying to out-contribute each other during each election for the privilege of getting trumped by the 1% when it's time to pass a Bill. Don't forget, the 1% has almost as much money as the majority of the rest of American's combined. They've always got more to spend, and their campaign contributions always pay off well in regards to what their BRIBES eventually do for their bottom line.

As for eventually reversing the ruling which allowed for unlimited big donor campaign contributions? It's not enough. That just gets us back to the money corruption level we where at before.

• The level of money corruption after Citizen's United became law: OVERPOWERING!

• The level of money corruption before Citizen's United became law: OVERPOWERING!
  

We need a campaign to make Election Day a national holiday.

To get money out of elections we first need to get more people in. As is, the average working person has to find time during the workday or stand in long lines after work. Mail-in voting helps, but not enough. On average, less than half of eligible voters voted in Federal elections over the past 50 years.

Do you think George Washington and Abe Lincoln would prefer we honor them with a day off on their birthday or with a day off to ensure that all Americans can exercise the democracy they worked so hard to build? Likewise, which day off do you believe Martin Luther King would advocate to more fully realize his dream? Or, which of his holidays do you think Jesus would gladly trade to allow the meek amongst us a better opportunity to be counted? And, which day do you think would be more significant to how we ring in the new year -- a holiday on Jan. 1st or Nov. 11th?

There are many reforms that our country needs to get better. But before the work can begin, we really need a day off!