IN SOUTH DAKOTA THERE WAS AN INTERESTING MEASURE THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO PUT UP FOR A VOTE SO CITIZENS CAN DECIDE ON THEIR
OWN.
IT WAS TO CLEAN UP MONEY IN POLITICS.
I WILL TELL YOU WHICH
WAY THEY VOTED.
BUT FIRST PEOPLE THAT GIVE MONEY TO POLITICIANS
WERE FURIOUS.
SPECIFICALLY THE KOCH BROTHERS.
THEY PUT A LOT OF
MONEY IN, BUT IT IS DARK MONEY.
I THINK MOST AMERICANS AND MOST
PEOPLE IN SOUTH DAKOTA WOULD SAY LEGALLY BRIBING.
RIGHT NOW THEY
ARE FUNNELING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO POLITICIANS AND WE
CAN'T EVEN FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE TAUGHT IN THIS CASE THEY RAISE
THEIR HAND AND SAID WE ARE
AGAINST
THE FLOW.
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE ELECTION,
I WILL TELL You Which Way, South Dakota decided to go.
And then
an amazing twist before the election.
IF YOU ARE AN
AVERAGE
AMERICAN THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD.
DO YOU WANT PRIVATE PEOPLE THAT
STAND TO GAIN BY THE LAWS THAT ARE PASSED?
OR DO YOU WANT
PUBLIC FINANCING SO THEY ACTUALLY WORK FOR YOU?
DO YOU
WANT THEM TO HAVE MORE OR LESS
GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS?
THEY DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON
THIS ELECTION TRYING TO DO COUNTER PROPAGANDA.
LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT IT WAS.
AS I JUST
EXPLAINED TO YOU, YOU HAVE TWO
CHOICES ON HOW CAMPAIGNS GET
FINANCED, EITHER BY BLOOMBERG, MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS,
SOROS, OR BY YOU.
WHICH ONE DO YOU PREFER?
IF GEORGE SOROS, THE
KOCH BROTHERS OR ANYONE ELSE CUT THEM A CHECK GUESS WHO THEY WORK
FOR?
THOSE GUYS.
IF WE FINANCE THEIR ELECTIONS, THAT IS A TINY
COST AS COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY THEN
FUNNELED BACK TO THEIR DONORS.
THESE ARE THE ABSURD ARGUMENTS
THAT THEY MADE.
THAT IS SO FUNNY.
I KNOW THAT THEY GOT THE
SUPREME COURT TO MAKE A DECISION
LIKE THAT.
THEY CLAIM IF I GIVE YOU A STACK OF BILLS I AM NOT
BRIBING YOU, I AM "TALKING" TO
YOU.
IT IS AN ABSURD ARGUMENT.
BY THE WAY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT
ARGUMENT BUT THE PROSTITUTION ASIDE, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BRIBE
POLITICIANS AND GIVE THEM A
CADILLAC?
JUST GIVE
THEM $1 MILLION, YOU'RE NOT BRIBING
THEM, YOU ARE
JUST TALKING TO
THEM.
WHO ARE THEY ACTUALLY IN
REALITY AND WHY DON'T THEY WANT
YOU TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE?
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE DOING THAT
OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART?
ALMOST NONE OF THEM LIVE
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
THIS IS CRONY CAPITALISM DEFINED.
THAT IS WHY
THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO FIND OUT
WHO THEY ARE.
LUKE, THE CEO OF
THE KOCH BROTHERS GROUP SAID THEY
SPEND SO MUCH MONEY IN SOUTH
DAKOTA BECAUSE "IF IT CAN HAPPEN IN SOUTH DAKOTA, IT CAN HAPPEN
IN 10 OR 20 OTHER STATES."
LUCKILY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH
DAKOTA DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM, THE BALLOT MEASURE PASSED.
IT
WAS CLOSE BECAUSE THEY SPENT A
TON OF MONEY TRYING TO TRICK PEOPLE.
BUT THEY ONE, AND OTHER
WORDS MEASURE 22 WON. 52 TO 48.
AN ANTICORRUPTION ACT WORKED,
RIGHT?
IT IS NOW LAW AND SOUTH
DAKOTA, GOOD NEWS.
WAIT.
NOT QUITE SO QUICK.
THE LEGISLATURE
BOUGHT BY THE KOCH BROTHERS SAYS WE
DON'T AGREE.
SO THEY ARE
GOING TO TAKE THAT ANTICORRUPTION ACT AND THEY
DECIDED THEY ARE GOING TO CALL
FOR AN EMERGENCY SESSION.
IS THERE A TWISTER GOING THROUGH
SOUTH DAKOTA?
THEY CALLED AN EMERGENCY SESSION TO MAKE SURE
THEY COULD CONTINUE TO BE
CORRUPT.
I AM NOT KIDDING, IT IS AMAZING.
IF YOU THINK THAT IS
BAD ENOUGH, AND IT IS.
IT GETS WORSE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS?
THAT MEANS DID THEY ACCIDENTALLY WRITE BRIBERY OUT
OF THE LAW?
NOT ONLY CAN YOU DO
THE LEGAL BRIBERY AND DO IT IN THE DARK OF NIGHT WITHOUT ANYONE
FINDING OUT, NOW THEY JUST HAPPEN TO WRITE A BILL IN AN
EMERGENCY THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU
TO BRIBE ME.
THAT WOULD BE A CLASS V MISDEMEANOR, OLD BUT
THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
PEOPLE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ARE YOU GOING TO
TAKE THIS?
YOU VOTED.
YOU MADE YOUR VOICE CLEAR AND YOUR
POLITICIANS ARE SAYING NO, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, I AM
GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE CORRUPT
AND TAKE THOSE LOBBYIST GIFTS, CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE LEGALIZED
FORM OF BRIBERY AND YOU WILL NEVER EVEN FIND OUT WHO BRIBED
ME.
I AM NEVER GOING TO LET YOU
KNOW.
AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STINKING DEMOCRACY,
AMERICA, OR THE CONSTITUTION.
I
AM IN CHARGE NOW.
YOU MADE THE MISTAKE OF LETTING ME END.
SORRY, THE WILL OF THE VOTERS
THEY ARE DECLARING IS IRRELEVANT.
THIS IS WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THE ANTICORRUPTION ACT REPEAL WOULD
TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND THE VOTERS WOULD LOSE THEIR RIGHT
TO PURSUE A VETO REFERENDUM.
THEY SAY NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT
LISTENING TO YOUR BALLOT MEASURE, WE WON'T EVEN LET YOU
VOTE ON IT YET.
YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT IN SOUTH DAKOTA?
THEY
ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR FREEDOM
AWAY RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR
POLITICAL AFFILIATION IS?
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT IDEOLOGY.
IT IS
INSANE THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO
BUY OUR POLITICIANS.
YOU KNOW WHAT MY PROPOSAL IS.
WOLF-PAC,
GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
THE
ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO DO IN A WAY THAT THEY CANNOT REVERSE.
WHAT IS THE ONLY THING THEY CANNOT REVERSE?
A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THAT
SAYS WE ARE NOT PRIVATELY
FINANCING ELECTIONS ANYMORE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWING LEGALIZED
BRIBERY ANYMORE.
END OF THIS.
WOLF ñ PAC.COM.
I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT HERE TO REPRESENT US.
THEY ARE ALSO NONPARTISAN.
THE GUY WHO LED THE MOVEMENT SOUTH
DAKOTA IS A FORMER REPUBLICAN
STATE OFFICIAL.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT, THIS IS THE ONE THING WE ALL AGREE ON.
NOW THEY ARE
JUST RUBBING YOUR FACE IN IT.