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Districts, a lot more representative districts and a lot more competitive districts. it doesn't matter whether it's republicans or democrats. ifç one party controls the legislature and the governor's office, they brutalize the lines. and both parties are guilty of doing it. we should take it out of the hands of the politicians, tle s elected officials and put it in the hands of a citizens' committee. and that stuff can work. california passed a proposition to establish it. other states have done it. we should continue to press for that. i put it on the table in pennsylvania. it didn't get ve...

Effective lobbying. this past year, it was $1.2 trillion. you know, almost double. $1.2 trillion of corporate tax breaks in the tax code. if we got rid of them, if we got rid of them, even if we lowered the rate from the 35%, which no one pays, to 25%, we would generate about $1 trillion in income, in new revenue a year. over a ten-year period, that's $10 trillion. that almost takes care of the entire projected federal deficit. and why aren't we doing it? because there are lobbyists to defend each and every one of those tax loopholes. each and over one of them has a strong lobby organization b...

Responsibility here. you've got your job, i've got my job, let's work together. but why should the president be accountable for them not doing their job? >> well, at the end of the day, he is going to be held accountable, because that's what the american people are going to do when they go to the voting booths. they're going to say, look at my president and hold him accountable. now, as far as christie goes, he can be facing a very tough election 2013, so maybe a vp spot isn't so bad. but he's at least going to get a great spot at the convention. >> the place i see traction, jimmy, for chris c...

>> the thing is, it's a peculiar disconnect. but i will announce that i did talk to a guy -- i talked to a commander on the u.s. space station, an astronaut, i guess a week or two ago, he says we'll be getting to mars in no time. maybe that can be your own planet. >> and ron paul can be president. >> pleasure to meet you, professor. thank you, guys. happy halloween to all four of you. if you are asking questions, we are trying to do everything we can to answer those questions. and today we're able to do that. a little help from the digital staff, we're sorting through the inbox to make it thro...

Corporations to be intended as people under the constitution. and for more than two centuries, we never treated them with free speech rights. this idea of corporations having free speech rights is a fairly new one. and this citizens united ruling is the most extreme extension of that corporate rights doctrine. we need to restore democracy to the people, with a 28th amendment that ensures that we, the people, rule, not, we, the corporations. >> as you know, i couldn't agree with you more. jimmy williams couldn't agree with you more. he quit his job and helped us establish the get money out foun...