´Democracy Dollars´: Gillibrand´s plan to give every voter $600 to donate to campaigns
NBC News,
by
Benjy Sarlin
Original Article
Posted By: happywarrior,
5/1/2019 4:31:57 PM
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., unveiled a plan on Wednesday to give every voter up to $600 in what she calls "Democracy Dollars" that they can donate to federal candidates for office. In an exclusive interview with NBC News to discuss the roll out of her first major 2020 policy initiative, Gillibrand said her "Clean Elections Plan" would help reduce the influence of big money in politics. "If you want to accomplish anything that the American people want us to accomplish — whether it´s healthcare as a right, better public schools, better economy — you have to take on
How generous of her !!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
VinGoombatz 5/1/2019 4:40:20 PM (No. 74034)
Wow. The intelligence of a stink bug.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/1/2019 4:44:10 PM (No. 74049)
Sheesh!! NYers are dumb to have elected this gnat-brain or what?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 5/1/2019 4:48:56 PM (No. 74040)
Good for her! I had no idea she was so wealthy, but let people spend their own the way they want.
What´s that? Oh.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Northcross 5/1/2019 4:50:31 PM (No. 74029)
Instead of that, perhaps people could go house to house begging for money that they promise to send to their favorite candidate. No? Isn´t it the same thing?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
spinpilot 5/1/2019 5:01:14 PM (No. 74044)
Loon.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
trappedinmn 5/1/2019 5:02:11 PM (No. 74035)
Great idea! Then the special interests will just up their contributions and the net result will be the same. Are there any sane politicians out there? Oh, silly question.
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I suspect $600 can go a long way to swaying those jailed felons into how they should vote, I mean, donate.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 5/1/2019 5:28:55 PM (No. 74030)
Ummm - - but - - but can I buy a few bags of Cheetos before I give the rest away?
Not the small bags - - but those big family size ones?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
VietVet68 5/1/2019 5:39:26 PM (No. 74053)
Did she say "Democracy Dollars" or "Democrat Dollars"? She wouldn´t have come up with this scheme if she though that money would be spent on republicans.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 5/1/2019 5:51:46 PM (No. 74025)
Crooked politicians, desperate to find SOME new way to put their hand in our wallets and not be arrested for it.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
hershey 5/1/2019 5:57:19 PM (No. 74039)
Used to be you could buy a vote for a shot of whiskey..that´s why they started closing bars on election day...
What we have now is much worse....absentee voting, mail in voting, ballots found behind car seats and in the trunks, busing voters from precinct to precinct...makes me want to puke...some countries do it well, Mehico for example, or the ones where you vote and stick your thumb in a pot of indelible blue ink...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bighambone 5/1/2019 5:58:48 PM (No. 74047)
Where does she think she will get the money to give over 100 million prospective voters $600.00 each?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
67cj5 5/1/2019 6:09:17 PM (No. 74028)
Why only $600? Why not $1,000? How about $1,000,000? A million bucks to every voter would definitely reduce the influence of big money in politics.
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So she is going to tax us and then give us our money back so we can give it to her and her dimwit pals. Wow that is a brilliant!!!!! plan. Good God do these people ever look in the mirror and see how stupid they are?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Hoosier 5/1/2019 6:49:04 PM (No. 74048)
Throw in a bottle of whiskey and ya got a deal
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
chance_232 5/1/2019 6:57:16 PM (No. 74050)
This is what is known as money laundering.....
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 5/1/2019 7:11:08 PM (No. 74032)
So breathtakingly stupid.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
snakeoil 5/1/2019 7:31:58 PM (No. 74033)
PT gave me considerably more than that to give to myself with his tax cut and phenomenal economy. Hussein the Horrible and Plugs the Pathetic still owe me for Hussein Kare. We were told we´d get $ 2,500 per year. They owe me $ 25k. Kriste has a chance as being the VP Plugs would like to sniff the most.
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Is Gilly a real blonde? She certainly fits the stereotype of a dumb blonde.
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This might be the most idiotic idea proposed by a Demoncrat candidate that I´ve ever heard....and that´s saying a LOT.
Where does this money come from?
Oh yeah, Obama´s stash!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
padiva 5/1/2019 8:40:44 PM (No. 74026)
The US treasury is NOT your personal piggy bank!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
anniebc 5/1/2019 9:00:11 PM (No. 74043)
She´s an idiot.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/1/2019 9:12:11 PM (No. 74051)
I am really tired of Democrats giving other people´s money away. Gillibrand, give your money.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
49 Ford 5/1/2019 9:22:46 PM (No. 74046)
"Democracy Dollars"? Sounds like the latest state lottery game or fast food outlet promotion.
We are being governed by genuine idiots.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
FunOne 5/1/2019 9:22:55 PM (No. 74023)
Make it $50,000 and I´m on board. s/off
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
4Justice 5/1/2019 11:39:33 PM (No. 74036)
Isn´t it illegal??
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This is called a kickback and Obama already tried this with his massive stimulus bill.
That bill was designed to keep the unions happy and they in turn would donate a large percentage back to the democrat party.
I remember distinctly under this program my road was paved, unpaved, and paved again.
I also remember a big sign that read "your stimulus dollars at work".
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
cheeflo 5/3/2019 6:28:41 PM (No. 74031)
Only a Democrat could come up with an idea like this. What I find so astonishing is that they actually say it out loud.
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