"So, once again, these Democrats sign off on these letters to the president, trying to put him further and further into that camp, which is contrary to our own security interests and long-term security interests of the Middle East. What’s behind that is the same thing that’s behind all of the other major failures in public policy. And that is the corrupt lobbying and the corruption of money in our political process." (Quote at 2:20:00)
"The current top three declared candidates on Americans Elect: Buddy Roemer, Rocky Anderson, and Laurence Kotlikoff. Some who believe this are, like me, on the left, and see every issue that we care about — from financial reform, to climate change, to health-care reform, to sensible Internet policy — blocked by the corrupting influence of money."
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"To get money out of politics, the first priority in an Anderson presidency would be passing a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling. 'We're doing everything to diversify city government, and they're talking about terminating these two highly placed employees from the minority community,' Anderson said."
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"Rocky Anderson, the former Salt Lake City mayor, said Citizens United has led to corporate interests controlling the two major political parties."
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“Our government is bought and paid for, and we need to put it to an end.” – Rocky Anderson
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Former Salt Lake City Mayor and 2012 Presidential candidate Rocky Anderson speaks at Utah State University about the news media's responsibility to inform the American public, and how it often comes up short.
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"Anderson kicked off his campaign with a pledge to limit individual donations to $100 a person. Anderson and the Justice Party say they hope to build a grassroots movement heading into the Nov. 2012 elections. 'We launched the Justice Party because the entire system is so corrupt," Anderson says. 'It's so diseased. We know that the public interest is not being served by anyone in the system right now, particularly the 2 dominant parties who have sustained this corrupt system & who are sustained by it.' "
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