Bob Massie on Government Reform

Organized people can beat organized money

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Rigged political system addressed by democratic engagement

A: I think the founders would be horrified by the level of power exerted by the wealthy and by corporations. And if the founders had been able to anticipate them, they would certainly have denied corporations the idea that they were somehow a person with constitutional rights.

Q: What can be done?

A: I don't understand why people ignore politics. The one thing that can overcome the [corporate] forces is democratic engagement. But [corporate forces] understand that, so they do everything they can to dishearten us, to disenfranchise us, to suppress voters, to change the rules. In fact, I believe that the Republican Party has realized that the only way it can stay in power is by continuing to cheat--cheating in voter suppression, cheating in Citizens United, in redistricting, cheating in just about every way they can, to make sure that only the people who are likely to vote for them get to vote.

Supports same-day voter registration

• Warren supports extending Newton's newly passed "welcoming ordinance" across the entire state but stopped short of supporting a full-on sanctuary state designation.
• Massie is for same-day voter registration and is "not for expanding charter schools at a huge rate," and didn't support Question 2.
• Wolf supports becoming a sanctuary state and pursuing additional taxes beyond the millionaire's tax.
• Gonzalez supports same-day voter registration, and believes single-payer health care "needs to be on the table."