Repeated tax cuts over decades have created perpetual budget deficits, resulting in a record-high national debt that has placed pressure on elected officials to cut funding for essential programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Patriotic Millionaires' Great Economy Project wants Americans to vote for candidates who will raise taxes on the rich, increase the minimum wage, and reduce taxes for people who aren't earning a living wage.
Brought together by American Promise, about 50 citizens met with more than 50 Democratic and Republican members of Congress to lay the groundwork for passage of a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress and the states to limit corporate campaign contributions.
A ballot initiative to ban foreign money from influencing state elections and support an amendment to the US Constitution to regulate campaign spending reflects Maine’s continuing role as a laboratory for voting reforms aimed at strengthening the power and voice of local citizens.
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