>>ONE GROUP THAT FIGHTS AGAINST MONEY IN POLITICS IS
WOLF-PAC.COM, ANOTHER IS AMERICANS TAKE ACTION. THIS IS A
GROUP THAT BELIEVES IN PUBLIC FINANCING. THEY BELIEVE IN
VOTING RIGHTS OVERALL. IT'S A CRAZY THING, THEY THINK ALL
AMERICANS SHOULD GET TO VOTE AND SHOULD HAVE FREE AND FAIR
ELECTIONS WHERE THEY GET TO DECIDE THEIR OWN FATE, INSTEAD
OF HAVING PRIVATE DONORS DECIDE THEIR FATE FOR THEM. IN
CALIFORNIA, ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE STATES IN THE
COUNTRY, FOR ALMOST 3 DECADES PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS HAS
BEEN BANNED. THE WAY THEY DID THAT WAS, AS USUAL, MORE
TRICKERY. ABOUT 28 YEARS AGO THEY DID A COUPLE OF CONFUSING
BALLOT INITIATIVES AT THE SAME TIME TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO VOTING
AGAINST PUBLIC FINANCING, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO
VOTE FOR. THAT IS WHY BALLOT INITIATIVES SOMETIMES DRIVE ME
CRAZY IN CALIFORNIA. FOR THREE DECADES, SO MANY PROGRESSIVE
GROUPS UNFORTUNATELY IN WASHINGTON DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS. HERE IS HUGE STATE IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT
IS THE MOST POPULATED STATE AND CREATES TRENDS, WHY NOT REVERSE
THAT AND BRING PUBLIC FINANCING TO CALIFORNIA? WE WILL GET TO
THAT? IT HAS BEEN THREE DECADES, 28 YEARS, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE GETTING TO IT. SO AMERICANS TAKE ACTION DECIDED TO
TAKE ACTION. THAT IS WHY I LOVE THESE GROUPS. THERE IS A
PROGRESSIVE GROUP THAT IS NOT SITTING ON THEIR HANDS AND
SAYING HOLD YOUR POWDER DRY. NO, WE'VE GOT POWDER? LET'S USE IT.
IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND YOU DON'T WANT BILLIONAIRES TO
DONATE TO THE POLITICIANS, YOU DON'T WANT CORPORATIONS BUYING
POLITICIANS, THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS -- PUBLIC FINANCING. IF
YOU WRITE THEIR CHECKS, THEY WORK FOR YOU. IF SHELDON ADELSON
OR THE KOCH BROTHERS, OR EVEN SOROS OR BLOOMBERG WRITE THEIR
CHECKS, THEY WORK FOR THEM. SO LET'S FIX IT. IN CALIFORNIA -ñ
FOR THE NATION, IT IS WOLF-PAC.COM. BUT IN CALIFORNIA
YOU CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT RIGHT NOW. PASS A BALLOT
INITIATIVE, HAVE PUBLIC FINANCING, FIX IT FOR YOUR OWN
STATE. IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, IT IS CALLED THE
CALIFORNIA FREE ACT, WE CAN GET IT ON THE BALLOT INITIATIVE,
JUST US WORKING TOGETHER. FREE STANDS FOR FAIR REFORM FOR
EQUALITY IN ELECTIONS. THE MOST REASONABLE THING IN THE WORLD.
IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, THIS WILL TAKE YOU ABOUT 60 SECONDS.
DEMOCRACY IN 60 SECONDS. GO TO
SAVEDEMOCRACY.ORG, PRINT THE
PETITION FORM, YOU WILL SEE IT ON THAT PAGE, MAIL IT TO THE PO
BOX ON THE WEBSITE. YOU WILL SEE THE PO BOX ON THE WEBSITE, PUT
IT IN AN ENVELOPE, TAKE THE THING, PRINT IT, SEND IT IN.
EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD. IF YOU ARE IN CALIFORNIA YOU'VE GOT
TO DO THIS. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MINUTE FOR
DEMOCRACY. YOU HAVE THAT, DON'T YOU? HERE IS HOW WE WILL WIN.
NORMALLY BALLOT INITIATIVES GET FUNDED BY RICH PEOPLE. IN FACT,
AS AMERICANS TAKE ACTION IS FIGHTING FOR THIS, THEY KEEP
GETTING ASKED BY OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS, BOTH ON THE LEFT AND
RIGHT, WHO IS FUNDING THIS? WHO IS BEHIND THIS? NOBODY IS
FUNDING IT, NOBODY IS BEHIND IT. THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA ARE
BEHIND IT. THEY ARE LIKE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. YOU HAVE A
LOT OF SIGNATURES ALREADY, WHO IS THE BIG MONEY BEHIND IT? THE
POINT IS NOT TO HAVE BIG MONEY BEHIND IT, BUT TO HAVE YOU GUYS
BEHIND IT. IF YOU COLLECT 500,000 SIGNATURES, AND THAT ISN'T
AN EASY TASK, YOU HAVE TO DO IT BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, THAT
IS WHY IN CALIFORNIA, IF YOU LIVE THERE, DO IT RIGHT NOW. GET
YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO DO IT. TELL THEM TO TAKE ONE MINUTE
AND HELP SAVE DEMOCRACY IN CALIFORNIA. ISN'T THAT MINUTE
WORTH IT? IT ABSOLUTELY IS. AND I WANT TO SEE THE LOOK ON THEIR
FACE WHEN THIS GROUP -- HERE THEY ARE, THEY JUST GOT STARTED.
THAT IS NOT ALL OF THEM, JUST ONE EVENT THEY WERE AT. WHEN THE
BIG-MONEY PEOPLE SEE THIS, THEY GO, THOSE AREN'T EVEN LOBBYISTS.
THOSE ARE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZENS. THEY CAN'T WIN, THIS
BALLOT INITIATIVE HAS NO CHANCE. WE WILL GET TO KEEP BRIBING ALL
THE POLITICIANS. I WANT TO WIPE THAT SMILE OFF THEIR FACE. TO
GET REGULAR PEOPLE LIKE THESE GUYS -- AND IF YOU WANT TO
VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN DO IT ON THE SITE TOO.
DO THE PETITION FIRST,
JOIN THESE GUYS. THEY ARE RIGHT, THEY ARE NOT LOBBYISTS. THEY ARE
NOT PAID PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE JUST CITIZENS WHO HAVE HAD
ENOUGH. SO IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, SAVEDEMOCRACY.ORG.
DO IT NOW, HAVE THEM SIGN THE PETITION. IF WE DID THAT ON THE
BALLOT AND GOT PUBLIC FINANCING IN CALIFORNIA, THAT IS A GAME
CHANGER. THAN ALL THOSE GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING AROUND
LIKE, WE THOUGHT IF WE WAITED FOUR DECADES, MAYBE IT HAPPENS
ON ITS OWN -- NO, DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET THINGS TO WORK AND
HOW YOU WIN? BY FIGHTING RIGHT NOW. SAVEDEMOCRACY.ORG. GO.