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CrispyQ

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26. First we need to get big money out of our electoral process.

Reply to Dan (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 28, 2025, 11:52 AM

Jun 28

As long as money equals speech, our voice will always be drowned out. Not sure how we go about that when the ones who can change it are part of the set who benefit from it.

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