Editing Liberty Square Blueprint (section)

== Comments<br/> ==

=== Idea for Cap on Campaign Contributions - Constitutional Amendment<br/> ===

Hi. This is Big V speaking. I just want to comment that it might really help to get input from the general public on the various OWS proposals, and not just for New York City. I am talking about people who are not able to attend actual meetings. For instance, many of us don't live in a place where meetings occur. Also, if a person lives in a small town, then they have to worry about getting "found out" by a person who might fire them or evict them. It's weird because the OWS is more accepted than not, but some people are irrationally opposed to it. I will be more than happy to vote online for various OWS ideas, and here is my first promotion:

I like the idea of a Constitutional amendment that would put a cap on campaign contributions from individuals, and prohibit contributions from anyone who is not a US citizen and a real-live individual. I think $100 sounds good, indexed to inflation.

I saw a draft of an amendment like that floating around, and I signed the petition to get it considered. The draft I saw was right on target because it specifically said that money is not speech and that corporations are not people. You would think that our Supreme Court would be intelligent enough to figure that out on their own, but I guess not.

If we could prohibit very large campaign contributions, then we could truly reduce the influence of one person to one vote, which would make this country much closer to an equal-opportunity place. Also, by saying that money is not speech, but speech is still free, then we get rid of the problem where wealthy people have a lot more freedom than everyone else.