Democracy Trampled By Big $

This is why I don't vote and never have. The system is broken.

Published on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 by Common Dreams 

Democracy Trampled as Big Money Overwhelms Grassroots Campaigns In Washington and Maine, a flood of corporate cash swings popular opinion on key ballot issues - Jon Queally, staff writer In two referendum battles that took place on opposite sides of the country on Tuesday, the power of big money campaigns funded by out-of-state corporate interests once again revealed itself by overwhelming grassroots campaigns trying to champion a local common good. From Maine, where a small town tried to thwart a pipeline company from building a tar sands export terminal, to Washington state, where a broad coalition of consumer advocates and food safety groups called for labeling of genetically modified foods—both campaigns won and maintained the support of the local population... until the corporate money started pouring in. Local backers of Washington's bid to pass the GMO labeling law, known as I-522, were defeated by corporate interests that spared no expense in the final weeks to overcome the strong support the measure had received since the campaign began. As the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports:

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