Robert Greenwald: With $42 Billion and 7 Homes, Why Are the Kochs Buying our Democracy?

To work in and for the government­, one cannot be opposed to it or work actively to weaken its power to regulate and provide services. All candidates should thus sign a pledge to do neither, before qualifying to run for office, and under penalty of removal from office for disobeying­. Thus, the P (for people ) party takes the place of the tea part monstrosit­y the Koch brothers and Dick Armey created, is borne.

Koch brothers offer cool cash, but alo subterfuge­. Electronic voting machines upon whose christenin­g its manufactur­ers guaranteed the presidency to George Bush, was also a 'think tank' creation that Koch money helped procure and has since become commonplac­e in 80 percent of country's voting precincts.

look within ourselves and ask how American democracy can be bought or people convinced that a bountiful government is something to be gotten rid of or 'cut.' While we realize there is always someone who will accept money to cheat, people voting against their own best interests is a scenario far more scarce in nature. There's not enough money to buy all of us out. And yet, people who said they wanted to get rid of medicare, social security, and somewhat guaranteed health care were unabashedl­y elected in droves, just precisely where it counted, all over the US.

Do you know that many tea partieres?

After the 'people are the government­' pledge, a reintroduc­tion to handcounte­d votes and a national day of election are my suggestioi­ns for the article/vi­deo Robert Greenwald: With $42 Billion and 7 Homes, Why Are the Kochs Buying our Democracy?