President Jimmy Carter has passed away at 100 years old.
I don’t want to forget these words from Jimmy Carter from an interview he gave in 2015. He spoke the truth. Our system is now corrupt and will only get worse in 2025. Will be exploring ways that I can support democracy and the rule of law. No one is above the law. Change must happen to overcome the threats to our Democray and the attempts to spread misinformation and people who want to destroy the US.
I support getting unlimited money and big money donors out of the Politics of our government.
I came across an interview he did with Thom Hartmann on July 30, 2015. In response to Hartmann’s noting that the Supreme Court now allows “unlimited money in politics,” Carter said this:
“It violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it’s just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president. And the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and congress members.
So now we’ve just seen a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors, who want and expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election’s over. …
The incumbents, Democrats and Republicans, look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves. Somebody’s who’s already in Congress has a lot more to sell to an avid contributor than somebody who’s just a challenger.”
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