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Cant afford a ticket to the game, you go home to watch it on tv only to find out the game has been blacked out. you helped pay for the stadium, but you cant watch the game. its beyond unfair. now all that is bad enough, but it gets worse. the federal government helps prop up the blackout system. in the 1970s, the sports leagues lobbied the fcc to establish the rule. the rule says if the league orders a blackout, sports fans cannot get the game through cable or satellite. in other words, the fede...

System. they both thrive on it. they both help sustain this corrupt system. theres no way to break out of it. the republican parties are lying to the american people and cant tell them the truth. they are so locked into this system of utter corruption. >> i just looked at your issues. you would split up the too big to fail banks. cut defense spending. tax incentives for hiring in the united states. why is it these issues arent now? why does is require a third party. >> neither of these parties w...

Politicians in california writing $20,000 checks to the person that was drawing the lines so they can keep their district. we said, enough is enough. we need to reform the system. so what did we do? we got democrats, republicans, independents. we put diversity panel together and said go draw the lines. make it better than what we had before in the past. and guess what? im not saying im doing cart wheels over the redistricting process, but its a lot better than what we had before. its a step in t...

The bottom on property values. only nine states outs of the 50 realize any type of value increase in homeownership. were a long way from that. until that begins to happen, were not just going to build the equity for the possibility of people to use that equity for other purposes and stimulate all sorts of industries. it has that contagion effect. >> professor, as everybody knows by now, the american taxpayer at its peak put up $30 trillion to support the current banking apparatus. we pushed tril...

The most glaring challenge, its not our only challenge. lay out how the system distorts our intent beyond money. >> first of all, youre right. money is a problem in politics. theres three things in politics. number one is money. number two and three, i cant remember. in california, also the election process is in important. redistricting is very important. we passed it in california. they drew the lines for the people of this great shat. the way we had it in the past, we had the majority party, ...

Thats no longer in place. so it was a step in the right direction with what we did in our great state. >> karen, go ahead. >> one of the things im most concerned about is the elect rat and turnout. how do we make sure more people are participating in the process? that goes into money in the system. people spend money to go after the same votes. how do you see this new process impacting actual turnout and access to the polls so that more people are actually being brought into the process? particu...

Where are the handcuffs for those who continue to cheat the system with their greedy bastard behavior at the expense of the american homeowner? joining us is john taylor, president of the national community reinvestment center. and real estate and finance professor susan walker. john, walk us through what you see as the greatest tragedy or harm that is being done as a result of the current situation. >> well, number one, i think youre right, dylan. we are far from out of the woods by any stretch...