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Why Should I Care?

It’s all about the money and how it is used. The reality is that most people earning over $1 million/year invest it to build and preserve their wealth, where it then grows at a rate faster than the economy and workers’ salaries. They can wind up accumulating much more wealth than they or their families will ever need. Often this money is used to protect and serve their own financial interests, and not invested in jobs, education, improving infrastructure, reducing healthcare costs, balancing the budget, or other issues important to our country.

Some of the wealthiest people in the country contribute a great deal of money to the major political parties and their candidates. This has been called legal bribery, and both major political parties are caught up in this system. It costs a huge amount of money to run for federal office, and the current federal election system essentially forces our national legislators to take the money to be re-elected. The result is that budgets and laws often favor the big contributors over the average person. Deals are being cut and nearly all of us are losing.

Large corporations and special interest groups that donate large sums to the political parties are able to advance their interests by blocking legislation or reversing executive orders intended to help the people or the planet.

If you’re ready to do something about the current situation, click on this link: What can I do?

Our Mission

Reclaim Our Democracy is an inclusive, collaborative, multi-partisan movement. Our goal is to reclaim our democratic rights as citizens of the United States of America to have a government that truly represents and supports the needs and desires of all people.

Editorials

  • Back to Basics - #1 Priority for Congress and President Jan. 23, 2021
  • The Mitch McConnell Problem Dec. 18, 2020
  • Dear Mr. Trump: Your Contract Will Not Be Renewed Nov. 21, 2020
  • Our Country's Future Oct. 23, 2020

Events

Partnering for Democracy in Massachusetts and Beyond with Danielle Allen. Video now available.

Democracy as a Spiritual Practice, March 31 and April 14 videos now available

The Democracy Movement: Where it Stands Today and Where it Needs to Go, with Adam Eichen, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 video now available.

Democracy in Chains, with Duke Professor Nancy MacLean, video of presentation

How Democracies Die, with Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, video of presentation

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