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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarry Reid Petition To Protect Voting Rights!
http://action.harryreid.com/landing/e140215/
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Harry Reid Petition To Protect Voting Rights! (Original Post)
Faux pas
Feb 2014
OP
It is still going on because the people it benefitted the most have been in control for most of the
jwirr
Feb 2014
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Faux pas
(14,672 posts)1. Kicking for importance.
Come on guys!
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)2. Good,done
jwirr
(39,215 posts)3. The first thing they could do is make gerrymandering illegal.
Faux pas
(14,672 posts)4. Agree 1000%
I can't believe it's still going on.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)5. It is still going on because the people it benefitted the most have been in control for most of the
last 30 years.
Faux pas
(14,672 posts)6. While nobody was paying attention.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)7. I am 73 years old and you are right about my age group. We grew up in an era when everyone was
working to make the country better - not take over the country for the rich banksters. It is a shame that we have let that day deteriorate to this mess we live in now.
Faux pas
(14,672 posts)8. Yeah, back in the days when we
manufactured almost everything we needed here and exported products everywhere. The stock market doesn't make anything except money for the one's who can afford to play.
For sure, this is not the country you and I grew up in. I'm teetering on the brink of 65 myself.