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Of the wars we wage to secure our energy interests, not to mention environmental costs. factor those in, and the institute says the cost jumps to $14 a gallon. in universities, its a debt for diploma system. its paid back over decades while crippling our young professionals. americans are collectively $830 billion in student loan debt while the universities simply value their prestige over the actual experimentation necessary for true learning. colleges have the pricing power and are driven by g...

Bribing me. you have to report to go out to lunch, they wouldnt let you buy a cup of coffee. here you have congressmen. >> three lawmakers that traveled the most last year, was in excess of $45,000 jim cooper, george miller, and republican from colorado so it crosses party lines. >> congress has earned their low approval rating. 1500 trips in 2011, $6 million and democrats cant pass a budget in thousand and five days now? >> you a tree yeah, turkey? >> and the companies that are making these tri...

Million jobs during the past decade. but we can reset the game. level the playing field, and get u.s. investors investing at home again. first, we must expose the "greedy bastards" who are padding their wallets at our expense. that means passing a 28th amendment to get money out of politics. we need to end the currency manipulation that u.s. companies lobbied for and benefit from at our expense. and end the unfair tax policies as president nixon did with japan. we have to take a page from the 19...

Because money is speech, which goes to another supreme court decision from 1977. here is my concern. if america musters the necessary strength of a bulgarian weight lifter to pass a 28th amendment to the constitution and does so in simply overturning citizens united, could they, will they be putting the fate of funding american elections back into the hands of nonprofits, from the coke brothers to the nra to the unions and individual billionaires? are we putting ourselves in a situation where we...

Primaries. have you seen a line to vote against on a ballot? i didnt think so. we often vote for the lesser of two evils, but its still evil. then theres washingtons revolving door. it it gives special interest the power to influence what laws are written. election cycles are media gold. billions are spent on ads. $3 357b9 billion inning a ga gat revenues. double that this year with $7 billion forecast. politics depend og funding from private interests who are rarely aligned with the voters inte...

Not just rising up, but you have to vote. you have to say that, you know, what you voted for isnt enough. what you did is what matters to me. and get more people engaged in the process at a time when people seem so disengaged. >> well, i think one of the things you have to do is develop role models in our society, from the president on down, to major corporate and nonprofit leaders, faith community leaders, that send this message out that our political system is too much tied to money and the mo...

Were talking about in the lead. and the footnote makes following point. it says, if a corporation wants to assert a first amendment right of expression in an election, it must be willing to accept the responsibility of getting sued. do you agree with that? and where do we stand in the reconciliation of the reciprocity of corporations as people being forced to assume the liabilities? >> well, i think that the question of whether corporations are treated as people, under the united states constitu...

Everybody involved in enlisting in this entire undertaking, the 28 debate, learning these things, john, is for us to educate ourselves. we are a group -- we are people who are now voracious for new information so we can be better contributors to the conversations that exist around this. to both of you, quickly, where would you direct me and others to learn more about this so we have a point of view thats more beneficial to the conversation? john? >> well, we urge people to go to peoplesrightsame...

Disney. >> unless youre the tall midget. >> even if youre the tall midget, you feel good until the next taller midget shows up. at the end of the day, how is it, and is there a way that is different than mine? because im saying, listen, if you dont separate business and state and have an amendment, a 28th amendment to the constitution win will never have a valid tax reform conversation, because it will always be purchased at auction. i will never have a valid trade reform conversation, never hav...

With jon stewart last night, as we all continue to escalate the temperature for a great 28 debate in this country. youll be hearing more about it as we all head into 2012 and see the impact that this influx of corporate and special interest money is having on the nature of our government. we all know we need a 28th amendment to get money out of politics and we verse the citizens united decision that made corporations people. a big win last week in l.a. with a new call to action for the 300,000 g...