How to Get Our Democracy Back
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 17:14
Larry Lessig, co-founder of Change Congress, explains that in order to enact real change, we must alter the way members of Congress are elected. "What would the reform the Congress needs be? At its core, a change that restores institutional integrity. A change that rekindles a reason for America to believe in the central institution of its democracy by removing the dependency that now defines the Fundraising Congress. Two changes would make that removal complete. Achieving just one would have made Obama the most important president in a hundred years. That one--and first--would be to enact an idea proposed by a Republican (Teddy Roosevelt) a century ago: citizen-funded elections." Click here to read the full article in The Nation.