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PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES
Citizens
for U.S. Direct Initiatives, joined by Citizens who independently
communicate their support, hereby respectfully petition the U.S.
Government for a redress of grievances:
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Our government no longer
represents the People. Congressional candidates cannot get
elected in today's information age unless they get major financing from
wealthy special interests groups.
Instead special interests now excessively influence many of our elected
representatives and assure their continual reelection.
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Our
democracy is rapidly transforming into a
surrogate plutocracy—a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of
wealthy special interests that arrange the continual reelection of
representatives who govern as their surrogates.
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This
significantly harms the People in many and varied ways.
We ask
that the Government redress these grievances, permit the People to
regain control of their government, and promote the
general Welfare.
This redress of grievances must put the voters’ interests ahead of
congresspersons and special interests groups. Therefore the voters must control the
solution.
To achieve these objectives, we respectfully submit this Citizens' Initiatives Constitutional Amendment, ask that the Congress adopt it,
and subsequently present it to the several states for ratification. |
