Thursday, December 15, 2011

How to get interests of the 99% (or 99.95%) represented in congress ...

Lawrence Lessig explains that 0.05% of the population is pretty much funding the congress campaigns, and it is not surprising why congress does not represent the 99.95%. A possible modest solution - base campaign finance solely on vouchers from citizens, and the incentives will align properly. 0.05% is also the probability of this change happening anytime soon. Prof Lessig, can you raise some money to get this reform passed?

Video with Jon Stewart.

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