Cenk Uygur

Whereas these old, you know... And every corrupt system has these old guys hanging around that help maintain power, et cetera. So my particular proposal in the amendments would be a couple of things. One is end private financing of elections. So if, and look, if you're a business person, you're a capitalist, you know this with absolute certainty.

If somebody signs your check, that's the person you work for, right? So if private interests are funding people politicians the politicians will serve private interests and then you're going to get into a fight like elon did in new jersey where the car dealerships and tesla are getting into an auction can i hear a hundred thousand no a million two million three million right and then

If somebody signs your check, that's the person you work for, right? So if private interests are funding people politicians the politicians will serve private interests and then you're going to get into a fight like elon did in new jersey where the car dealerships and tesla are getting into an auction can i hear a hundred thousand no a million two million three million right and then

If somebody signs your check, that's the person you work for, right? So if private interests are funding people politicians the politicians will serve private interests and then you're going to get into a fight like elon did in new jersey where the car dealerships and tesla are getting into an auction can i hear a hundred thousand no a million two million three million right and then

And now you've got to go bribe the government official. That's called a campaign contribution. And this is a terrible system, right? End the private financing. Go to complete public financing of elections. That's when conservatives, because they've been propagandized by corporate media. Yes, mainstream media got into your head too. And right-wing media got into your head too.

And now you've got to go bribe the government official. That's called a campaign contribution. And this is a terrible system, right? End the private financing. Go to complete public financing of elections. That's when conservatives, because they've been propagandized by corporate media. Yes, mainstream media got into your head too. And right-wing media got into your head too.

And now you've got to go bribe the government official. That's called a campaign contribution. And this is a terrible system, right? End the private financing. Go to complete public financing of elections. That's when conservatives, because they've been propagandized by corporate media. Yes, mainstream media got into your head too. And right-wing media got into your head too.

And right-wing media also financed by a lot of this corrupt interest. And so they tell you, oh, you don't want to publicly finance. Oh my God, you'd be spending like a billion dollars on politicians. brother, they spending trillions of dollars of your money because they're financed by the guys that they're giving all of your money to.

And right-wing media also financed by a lot of this corrupt interest. And so they tell you, oh, you don't want to publicly finance. Oh my God, you'd be spending like a billion dollars on politicians. brother, they spending trillions of dollars of your money because they're financed by the guys that they're giving all of your money to.

And right-wing media also financed by a lot of this corrupt interest. And so they tell you, oh, you don't want to publicly finance. Oh my God, you'd be spending like a billion dollars on politicians. brother, they spending trillions of dollars of your money because they're financed by the guys that they're giving all of your money to.

Indirect funding's gone, direct funding's gone. You have to set up some thresholds. Not everybody can just get money to run. You have to prove that you have some sort of popular support. So signature gathering, you would still allow for small money donations, like up to $100, something along those lines. Not $5,000 or whatever it is now.

Indirect funding's gone, direct funding's gone. You have to set up some thresholds. Not everybody can just get money to run. You have to prove that you have some sort of popular support. So signature gathering, you would still allow for small money donations, like up to $100, something along those lines. Not $5,000 or whatever it is now.

Indirect funding's gone, direct funding's gone. You have to set up some thresholds. Not everybody can just get money to run. You have to prove that you have some sort of popular support. So signature gathering, you would still allow for small money donations, like up to $100, something along those lines. Not $5,000 or whatever it is now.

Yeah, I think $5,000 is too high, but those are fine debates. Yeah, you know, but you basically want to create an incentive. Everything is about incentives and disincentives. Again, capitalists realize it's better than anyone else, right? So you want to set up an incentive to serve your voters, not your donors.

Yeah, I think $5,000 is too high, but those are fine debates. Yeah, you know, but you basically want to create an incentive. Everything is about incentives and disincentives. Again, capitalists realize it's better than anyone else, right? So you want to set up an incentive to serve your voters, not your donors.

Yeah, I think $5,000 is too high, but those are fine debates. Yeah, you know, but you basically want to create an incentive. Everything is about incentives and disincentives. Again, capitalists realize it's better than anyone else, right? So you want to set up an incentive to serve your voters, not your donors.

So if you take away private donors, well, there goes that incentive, and that's gigantic, right? And then if you set up small grassroots funding as a way to get past the threshold to get the funding to run an election... Well, then good, because then you're serving small donors, which are generally voters, right? So that's what you want. And ending private financing is critical.

So if you take away private donors, well, there goes that incentive, and that's gigantic, right? And then if you set up small grassroots funding as a way to get past the threshold to get the funding to run an election... Well, then good, because then you're serving small donors, which are generally voters, right? So that's what you want. And ending private financing is critical.

So if you take away private donors, well, there goes that incentive, and that's gigantic, right? And then if you set up small grassroots funding as a way to get past the threshold to get the funding to run an election... Well, then good, because then you're serving small donors, which are generally voters, right? So that's what you want. And ending private financing is critical.

But the second thing is ending corporate personhood. So this is where you get into a lot of fights because you have two reasons. One is some folks have a principled position against it and they say, well, I mean, the Sierra Club is technically a corporation. ACLU is technically a corporation. And so if you end corporate personhood, then that could endanger their existence, right?