In order to get onto the ballots in all fifty states it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. The system is rigged to make sure that only those with a lot of money, or access to a lot of money, can get near the highest pinnacles of power. 馃У

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So we have a choice: rule by oligarchs or rule by the people. When "a gov't of the people, by the people and for the people" has become "a gov't of a few of the people, by a few of the people and for a few of the people," it's up to the people to decide whether to let that stand.
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Please donate so issues like MedicareForAll, tuition free college and tech school, a guaranteed living wage, declaring a Climate Emergency, a Dept of Peace and ending the Drug War - A PEOPLE'S AGENDA RATHER THAN A CORPORATE AGENDA - can unrig the system and turn the ship around.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
If you don't have the money to play the game, you are just like the rest of us commoners...politics is a game of money and famous people...get with the program already.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Every first world country but us has publicly funded campaigns
Replying to @marwilliamson
The obvious answer is to get a lot of money. Start a new political party. Set up a CPAC. If I'm not mistaken, the government will fund your efforts. If it was me I'd be converting Vans into livable homes and giving them to the homeless like "I like Ike" buttons.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Just figuring this out, are you? 馃
Replying to @marwilliamson
Only serious candidates get on the ballot. Sorry.
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The only reason you Are running is because you have more money, access, voice, and power than I.
Replying to @marwilliamson
You're dead on right! Also, any party who gets on 270 electoral votes worth of ballots should be included in any government sanctioned debates.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Great point. Make this your theme.
Replying to @marwilliamson
You'e done quite well financially being an author & speaker. Try running for lower office & prove yourself like many have to do . Oh that's right you failed as well running for Senate