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In the Democratic primary the party ought to adopt a rule that no candidate will accept and will actively try to block the support from any super PACs. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Politics , Campaign Finance

Simplified: In the Democratic primary the party ought to adopt a rule that no candidate will accept and will actively block support from super PACs.

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2 months ago
Progressive organizations in Maine were told that some of these super funders were going to back out of Maine if they passed this initiative. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Politics , Maine

Simplified: Progressive organizations in Maine were told super funders would back out if they passed the initiative.

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2 months ago
Democratic Party organizations would have to rewire and 99% of nonprofit organizations would have to rewire in a way that makes them less reliant on billionaires. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Politics , Organizations

Simplified: Democratic Party organizations would have to rewire and 99% of nonprofit organizations would have to rewire to be less reliant on billionaires.

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2 months ago
The Musk problem is a harder problem to take care of. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: The Musk problem is a harder problem to take care of

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2 months ago
You can’t address the tax problem until you address the money problem. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: You cannot address the tax problem until you address the money problem.

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2 months ago
You’ve got to have a populist hammer that breaks up everybody in the federal government and everybody in these universities and then a set of aristocrats that is common good oriented who’s connected t... 0.700

👤 Archon Fung 📋 Podcast

Simplified: You have to have a populist hammer that breaks up the federal government and universities and then a set of aristocrats.

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2 months ago
It was publicly popular and it’s been successful, at least in terms of raising revenue for things like roads and schools. 0.900

👤 Ralph Ranalli 📋 Podcast

Simplified: The Fair Share Amendment was publicly popular and successful in raising revenue for roads and schools.

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2 months ago
It levied a surcharge on any income over basically a million dollars. 0.900

👤 Ralph Ranalli 📋 Podcast

Simplified: The Fair Share Amendment levied a surcharge on income over a million dollars.

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2 months ago
The Democratic Party in particular to remake itself. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: The Democratic Party in particular should remake itself

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2 months ago
To address that, we’d have to get an amendment to the constitution to give our government, our Congress, our people the power to protect themselves against this kind of corrupting influence. 0.800

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: To address that we would have to get an amendment to the constitution to give our government the power to protect themselves against corrupting influe...

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2 months ago
The wealthiest in society will support reforms that don’t hurt them. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: The wealthiest in society will support reforms that do not hurt them.

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2 months ago
People are going to get hurt. 0.900

👤 Ralph Ranalli 📋 Podcast

Simplified: People are going to get hurt

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2 months ago
Economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U. S. government policy while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little o... 0.900

👤 Ralph Ranalli 📋 Podcast

Simplified: Economic elites and business groups have substantial impact on US policy while average citizens have little influence.

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2 months ago
To address that, we’d have to either get the Supreme Court to reverse this whole line of thinking, which it’s a hard thing to imagine. 0.800

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: To address that we would have to get the Supreme Court to reverse this whole line of thinking

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2 months ago
We have to find a way to bring it into harmony, and to focus it in ways that will connect with ordinary people. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: We have to find a way to bring it into harmony and to focus it in ways that will connect with ordinary people

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2 months ago
We can deal with the kind of gross middle problem that you described. 0.800

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: We can deal with the gross middle problem

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2 months ago
91% didn’t think it was possible. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: 91% did not think it was possible.

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2 months ago
96% of Americans thought it important to reduce the influence of money in politics. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: 96% of Americans thought it important to reduce the influence of money in politics.

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2 months ago
They’re happy to change the way primaries work. 0.800

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast

Simplified: They are happy to change how primaries work.

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2 months ago
A necessary step forward is a set of leaders who is more connected to the bottom 80%. 0.800

👤 Archon Fung 📋 Podcast

Simplified: A necessary step forward is a set of leaders who is more connected to the bottom 80%

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2 months ago