The following are the major points from Barack Obama's platform.
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Shine the Light on Washington Lobbying
- Centralize Ethics and Lobbying Information for Voters
- Require Independent Monitoring of Lobbying Laws and Ethics Rules
Shine the Light on Federal Contracts, Tax Breaks and Earmarks
- Create a Public "Contracts and Influence" Database
- Expose Special Interest Tax Breaks to Public Scrutiny
- End Abuse of No-Bid Contracts
- Sunlight Before Signing
- Shine Light on Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending
Bring Americans Back into their Government
- Hold 21st Century Fireside Chats
- Make White House Communications Public
- Conduct Regulatory Agency Business in Public
- Release Presidential Records
Free the Executive Branch from Special Interest Influence
- Close the Revolving Door on Former and Future Employers
- Free Career Officials from the Influence of Politics
- Reform the Political Appointee Process
Ethics Issues
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Country's leaders are sell-outs to the corporations.
Letter to the editor Aug., 6, 2008 really makes the true point that our Politicians and Appointed Officials have sold the regular people out, to serve the wealthy and large corporation.
What to do about it?
I have a suggestion, make it illegal for elected and appointed officials to accept anything of value except their salary and expenses. This would eliminate lobbyist!
This of course will require public financing of campaigns, which would be cheaper in the long run because in a short time our tax rates would be fair.
How to do it? with a great leader that can make people want to register to vote and vote or the initiative process.
On the Internet there is a free book that talks about another way to reform our government at www.beyond plutocracy.com Plutocracy is his term for our current government.
Right now there are a lot of frustrated people who want to see changes and feel it is their duty as citizens to stop what is happening, but with our current administration they are afraid to speak out.
One person likened this period with the period when the McCarthy investigation were ongoing..
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Letter to the editor Aug., 6, 2008 really makes the true point that our Politicians and Appointed Officials have sold the regular people out, to serve the wealthy and large corporation.
What to do about it?
I have a suggestion, make it illegal for elected and appointed officials to accept anything of value except their salary and expenses. This would eliminate lobbyist!
This of course will require public financing of campaigns, which would be cheaper in the long run because in a short time our tax rates would be fair.
How to do it? with a great leader that can make people want to register to vote and vote or the initiative process.
On the Internet there is a free book that talks about another way to reform our government at www.beyond plutocracy.com Plutocracy is his term for our current government.
Right now there are a lot of frustrated people who want to see changes and feel it is their duty as citizens to stop what is happening, but with our current administration they are afraid to speak out.
One person likened this period with the period when the McCarthy investigation were ongoing..
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The following are the major points from John McCain's platform.
Full text is available here.
Seal the Pork Barrel
- As President, John McCain would shine the disinfecting light of public scrutiny on those who abuse the public purse, use the power of the presidency to restore fiscal responsibility, and exercise the veto pen to enforce it
Stop the Revolving Door and Restore Ethics
- McCain has fought for public disclosure of those who lobby lawmakers for a living, and to prohibit them from providing gifts to elected officials
- Greater transparency regarding the official activities of lobbyists
- Stop the "revolving door" by which lawmakers and other influential officials leave their posts and become lobbyists for the special interests they have aided
- He has fought for an independent ethics office in Congress
Democracy is Not for Sale
- John McCain has fought to enforce long-standing prohibitions on corporate and union contributions to federal political parties, for sensible donation limits, disclosure of how candidates and campaigns are funded, and the diligent enforcement of these common sense rules that promote maximum public participation in the political process and limit opportunities for corruption