Genuinely aware of the fact that money plays a role in politics, but we are making the argument across a very dangerous threshold to the point has created such paralysis in our politics and policymaking that we are losing our democracy. Host what are the examples of what youre talking about . Guest if you look at every number associated with money in politics, theyve all grown exponentially in the last 20 years. Weve gone from 500 lobbyists 20 years ago in washington to h 12,000 registered lobbyists. Within a 5000 increase in what is called dark money, which is money not disclosed in the lastn decade. The 2000 election cycle is an aggregate of 3 billion election cycle. This is supposed to be a 10 billion election cycle. That is the math. But what patterns are created in washington is the inability to legislate on behalf of the common good are the public eye. The special entrees have sowed early rig the game and how such control over politicians and policymaking on behalf of the public
Take what are you try to say . What were trying to say is that the problem of money and politics has breezed crisist proportions in this country that is a stage iv cancer at this point. I think the public has always been generally aware of the fact that money is a role in politics but were making comment. Created such a policy that were losing were losing our democracy. Er speeone what are the examples of what you are talking about, the paralysis . If you look at almost every number associated with number and politics theyve all grown. N. , as so weve gone from 500 lobbyist 20 years ago in washington to 20,000 registered. S. Weve seen a 5,000 increase in dark money which is money not disclosed. Of the 2000 electric cycle was an aggregate of a 3 billiondollar election cycle. This one is supposed to be a 10,000 cycle. That was a math. But what that ends up creating in washington is the inability to legislate on the common good of the people. Contr they have such control. Its hard to get
Come in tons of visitors come in and take their pictures here. We had dr. Ben carson about a half hour ago doing an interview. People just love come anything and posting a picture of themselves in the oval office. And so we have moved upstairs. Joe kaplan, in the really does have a Silicon Valley feel here. Well, thats the idea. We want to bring a piece of Silicon Valley here to cleveland and give people an opportunity from cleveland to connect and facilitate the Civic Engagement around the issues that are important to them. What role do you think facebook is going to play in this election in terms of connecting with political activists, with delegates and with voters . I think the main role that facebook plays is we are an open platform that gives candidates, voters, activists, anybody whos interested in politics an opportunity to share their ideas and to connect with people. And thats the role that facebook plays in both in this election here in the u. S. And in elections around the
That could be maimed, there is constraints made on contributions to candidates and parties but it allowed expenditures to be unlimited. So what we have is a system that we still have today where theres a lot of money that wants to make its voice heard, that wants to it express their view and they often need money to express that view, but then there are limits to the way that money can be expressed through candidates. So candidates, they are are interested in having one of the. Its like taking someone who is thursday and telling them you can have as much water as you want but you can only have it a teaspoon at a time. So the candidates of spending a lot of time raising money because they want to have that money to run for the election, the we have a lot of people who want to give the money but it is restrained and whats they can give it because of the potential corrupt influence. So we have a system where where there is a lot of money in the system but it is hard and candidates end up
Theyd be citizens than they would vote the way all of our freedoms. Moderator thank you, mr. Macko. Youve had an impact on people. You feel immigrations, sir. It is broken as they presently does. The first thing we need to do is secure our border. I would go about that, whether its inject tenet of the states that are on the borders and make sure we had the wherewithal to guard the borders. Moderator like ohio . Joyce we have the coast guard and the ability to do that. Down in arizona, texas in the southern border. That is something we need to have the states employ the National Guard to protect them, then so be it. We need to fund them appropriately. People say secure our border pretty frequently. I dont know what that means exactly. If it awol as david macko suggests, if it drowns . Like what does that look like . That is potentially quite a lot of borders. Joyce absolutely. We have to employ the National Guard. But they play again down there where somebody is and you cant do anything