We don't take public positions on candidates or on ballot questions.

That being said, our democracy has been faced with a great challenge, that being the influence of money in our system.  Those with the money wield the political power.  If we can not enact meaningful campaign finance reform, the haves will continue to rule the United States as an oligarchy.  In effect we have not had true democracy for perhaps the last one hundred years, or maybe even for the entire existence of The USA.  

Supreme Court rulings have equated money and speech, and this has destroyed the idea of one person one vote.  If Warren Buffett calls one of the Senators from Nebraska, he gets put right through to the Senator, or may even have their cell phone #.  If I call one of my Massachusetts Senators, I might speak to a junior aide, and if I ever did get time with a Senator, it would be for two minutes and then I would be ushered out quickly.  Of course the difference is because Buffett is wealthy and I am nobody.  (Not singling him out.  I could have picked any super rich person for the example.)  The point is that we can not have democracy until and unless the influence of money in our system is fixed.  It is a huge problem.

Consider the following example of how the influence of money in our system destroys real democracy.  A Senator or House Member votes against the interests of a powerful corporation that is located in their state.  When that Senator or House Member comes up for reelection, the corporation will fund the candidate of the other major party in a huge way to punish that particular candidate or anyone who dares oppose them.  The corporation will make sure the other party is elected.  One may be tempted to say, "yes but grass roots citizen groups can do the same thing".  Yes and no.  Citizens groups tend to be single issue groups, so they may not always be paying attention.

By giving the overwhelming amount of the money that candidates use to run for office, corporations and wealthy individuals essentially own our politicians and our system.  Until this changes, we can not have real democracy.  

Most Sincerely, Chris and Pie, Owners of Norwell Thai Spa

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Norwell, Massachusetts