I sent a letter to Pritzker and the other Democratic governors a couple of weeks ago, asking them to go beyond protecting the status quo by attacking the power of the oligarchs at the state level. Tax the income and property of the rich to fund the services that the Trump regime is killing. Democratize corporate law to require that any p…
I sent a letter to Pritzker and the other Democratic governors a couple of weeks ago, asking them to go beyond protecting the status quo by attacking the power of the oligarchs at the state level. Tax the income and property of the rich to fund the services that the Trump regime is killing. Democratize corporate law to require that any political expenditures, including lobbyists, be approved by a special board of directors on a one-shareholder-one-vote basis, with only citizens allowed to vote, and also by a majority of employees. This possibility of campaign finance regulation was expressly left open in Justice Kennedy’s opinion in Citizens United. Democrats still have legislative power in many states. They must get serious about using it.
I sent a letter to Pritzker and the other Democratic governors a couple of weeks ago, asking them to go beyond protecting the status quo by attacking the power of the oligarchs at the state level. Tax the income and property of the rich to fund the services that the Trump regime is killing. Democratize corporate law to require that any political expenditures, including lobbyists, be approved by a special board of directors on a one-shareholder-one-vote basis, with only citizens allowed to vote, and also by a majority of employees. This possibility of campaign finance regulation was expressly left open in Justice Kennedy’s opinion in Citizens United. Democrats still have legislative power in many states. They must get serious about using it.