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Because our democracy should be
run by people, not money
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Why do we need
Campaign Finance
Reform?
- Corporations are not people. With the occurrence of the most recent Supreme Court ruling, Citizen’s United v FEC, an increasing number of loopholes have opened, effectively giving corporations more rights than people in their political activity.
- Unlimited political expenditures from corporations drowns out the voice of the people in the democratic process, diminishing the power of concerned individuals and organizations like MPIRG.
- Advocacy organizations will lose influence in the political system. Before this power becomes fully realized by corporations, advocacy organizations need to use the power they have to pass reforms blocking the influence of corporations on elections whereby we can continue to effectively advocate for change on many social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
- Influence in legislation. The current ruling encourages lawmakers to legislate what's best for corporations instead of their constituents.
- Fair elections. Gives special interests leverage to spend millions on advertising during the election season.
Stay tuned as MPIRG ramps up our work on policies that increase transparency in elections, limit the influence of special interests in our democracy, and provide for campaigns that allow everyone, regadless of socioeconomic status, to run for office.
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Transportation contributes to 25% of global warming emissions in Minnesota. Furthermore, as Minnesota’s demographics shift, we face an aging population that will require alternatives to driving but will have few options. Both of these problems are caused by a lack of access to green modes of transportation for most people.
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Cost of tuition is rising dramatically, text books are increasingly more expensive, and access to a quality, affordable education is more and more out of reach for Minnesotans. Join MPIRG's fight for getting higher education costs under control
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MPIRG is dediciated to increasing voter participation - particularly in the midterm elections where young people have the largest drop-off in voting among all demographic groups. We continue to fight for fair and clean elections whereby anyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, can run for political office. And, more broadly, we promote and advocate better democratic systems, such as ranked choice voting, that encourage people to vote their hopes, not their worst fears.
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There are 80,000 chemcials, mostly untested, used in manufacturing. Many of them are very toxic and are causing cancer and hormone disruption in our bodies. Two of the worst chemicals are bisphenol-A and phthlates. These chemicals can be found everywhere from baby toys to shatter-resistant water bottles. Constant, low-level exposure is believed to be related to the increase in autism, among other effects.
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