A prescient warning to us from John Adams:
“In every society known to man an aristocracy has risen up in the course of time, consisting of a few rich and honorable families who have united with each other
against both the people and the first magistrate [elected leader].”
– John Adams, Second President of the United States
A clear & strong warning to us from Justice Louis Brandeis:
“We must make our choice. We can have democracy in this country,
or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few,
but we can’t have both.”
– Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice – 1916 – 1939
Unbreaking America: Solving the Corruption Crisis – Important Video by Represent.us
“Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. Represent.Us board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of Represent.Us Josh Silver, walk through three lines that show what’s wrong with legal corruption in our government, how we can fix it and what you can do about it.”
Dark Money in American Politics – A Principal Issue Challenging the Survival of a Government By The People & For The People
Introductory Trailer for a significant PBS Documentary on this Important Subject: As explained in the Notes below this YouTube Video: “Dark Money examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials.” … “Your vote can be bought, but at what cost? Dark
The Role of Dark Money in Politics – Interview with Nick Penniman about his book, ‘Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It’
Washington Journal interview on C-Span with Nick Penniman, author of the book, “Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It” (2016). Transcript of interview available on C-Span.