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To Repair Democracy, We Must Learn to Cooperate With Our Enemy’s Enemy

As the country endures yet another ‘most expensive election ever’, we would do well to remember that no matter what political ideology any candidate claims, nearly all who enter office will owe their job and their fealty to special interests.... read full article »

The FEC: A Declawed and Toothless Watchdog of Campaign Finance

Transparency in campaign finance is only as achievable as agency that enforces it. The entity that keeps a watchful eye on money in politics is the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Unfortunately, the Washington Times reports a sad truth about the... read full article »

Taming America’s ‘Problem Child’

Most everyone agrees Washington is over-run with lobbyists and completely disconnected from the rest of the nation. So then why continue to allow our government to operate from there full-time? In this day and age of Skype, web-conferencing and so... read full article »

An Easy Way to Fix Democracy?

The FEC (Federal Election Commission) is currently a corpse – lifeless, ineffective, and useless. Elections financed by a tiny sliver of the population threaten the health of our democracy. The current murmur to reform and strengthen the agency should be... read full article »

Fixing the Lie-More Economy

The Libor-Barclay’s scandal has made us increasingly aware of the collusion between politics and finance. The fix already lies in on our LIE MORE economy, where corporate raiders can easily siphon money out of our economy, leaving us fighting among... read full article »

Literally Highway Robbery: What Are You Going to Do About It?

There’s a world full of ways to generate wealth, and many of them do so by providing value. This can be a product or service. You offer something of value – your time, your skills, your knowledge, your money, or... read full article »

How Congress Can Get Its Mojo Back

Dear Congress, I grew up watching politics the way most guys watch sports. I learned about the different teams, the players, the coaches, the history of the game. As I approach the big 5-0, I’ve seen how the game has... read full article »

How to Still the Fundraising Hamster Wheel

You know there's too much money in politics. You know business showers money on congressional representatives who vote their way. You may not realize that U.S. representatives deliberately play coy on certain issues, delaying resolution for the purpose of raising... read full article »

60 Day Countdown Call to Action

July 17, 2012 is the date set for the hearing to examine pending constitutional proposals to remedy the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has asked Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) to... read full article »

Getting Things Done – the United Republic Edition

The entire reason for United Republic’s existence is made plain on its front page: we are here to Get Money Out of Politics. The primary source of money in politics is corporate lobbying at all levels of government — local, state,... read full article »

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