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We the People, Not We the Corporations. The Great 28 Debate To Get Money Out of Politics. We throw a lot of numbers around on this program, but the next one is perhaps the most important we will focus on around this year (and into 2012) is the number 28.

The Great 28 Debate To Get Money Out of Politics

No matter how the final version gets done, we hope that the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will get the destructive influence of money out of our political system for good. A few things of note this week: every single Presidential candidate now has a Super PAC. This allows candidates to raise piles of cash for their campaigns in secret, to manipulate voters and promote legislation that keeps them in power. Now, Senator Mike Lee wants to add a Super PAC element to his leadership PAC. Citizens United, obviously, was the gateway to all of this. So, what are the foundations of that debate? Clarence Page recently joined The Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss the issue of money and politics. Cenk Uygur: How to Regain Our Democracy. Declaration of Independence Our politicians are bought.

Cenk Uygur: How to Regain Our Democracy

Everyone knows it. Conservatives know it just as much as liberals do. And libertarians have probably known it all along. The Democrats are bought and the Republicans even more so. We must regain our ability to make a difference, to have our votes count. So, how can we change that? Starting in 1978, the Supreme Court opened the spigot to corporate spending in politics.

There is one answer though. The Great 28 Debate: Grassroots Movement in LA Wants to Get Money Out! 80% agree -- corporations are NOT people!

The Great 28 Debate: Grassroots Movement in LA Wants to Get Money Out!

The growing chorus of “Get Money Out” voices in our nation could be getting some backup from one of the largest cities in the country. Maybe New York won’t do it, and perhaps D.C. never will, but Los Angeles is looking hopeful. The Los Angeles City Council votes today on a resolution that calls on Congress to amend the Constitution to clearly establish that “only living, breathing human beings are afforded Constitutional rights.” Corporations, by their measure, are not people. It does not address whether money is speech, but it does escalate The Great 28 Debate even further. If it passes, Los Angeles will become the first major city in the United States to declare that corporations — for at least that particular sliver of America — are not people. They’ve got plenty of support. Mary Beth Fielder of ‘Move to Amend’ previews the Los Angeles City Council vote today on a resolution, and The Dylan Ratigan Show panel joins the discussion.