PLEDGE TO AMEND CAMPAIGN

      



    

         THE PLEDGE TO AMEND CAMPAIGN

     TAKING BACK AMERICA FOR THE PEOPLE

The purpose of the Pledge to Amend campaign is threefold:

1) To educate the public about the central importance of abolishing corporate personhood in taking back America for the People.

2) To educate the public about how we can pass a constitutional amendment that will abolish corporate personhood. 

3) To take out the corporate Puppets in Congress and elect representatives who will show that they want to serve We the People by making support for a strong constitutional amendment a central issue in their campaigns.


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PLEDGE TO AMEND

                           MAKING CORPORATE PERSONHOOD A CAMPAIGN ISSUE

A PROJECT OF TAKE BACK AMERICA FOR THE PEOPLE

AND ABOLISH CORPORATE PERSONHOOD NOW

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To make politicians accountable, we propose that Americans ask every member of Congress and all congressional candidates to pledge their support for a constitutional amendment to abolish all corporate “rights” created under the doctrine of corporate personhood, declare that money is not speech and end the ability of special interest money to influence political campaigns.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP:

1)  Approach your members of Congress in public and private to ask if they will make the pledge to support such an amendment.

2)  Circulate paper petitions calling on them to take the pledge. Let them know they will have your support by showing them the signatures.

3)  Help educate politicians and voters on the difference between an amendment to strip corporations of “rights” that should belong exclusively to We the People and amendments that would only give Congress the power to regulate what should be illegal: Corporate and other special interest campaign donations.

4)  Work with local groups to help people understand that all progress toward social justice, environmental responsibility and general prosperity depend on their working to end corporate influence over the US government.

5)  Pass resolutions in your political, social, church or other groups endorsing Move to Amend and calling on your members of Congress to take the pledge.

        

If you receive a written pledge to amend, please notify us at           staggenborg4senate@hotmail.com.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Wouldn’t any amendment be an improvement?

A: NO! Giving Congress the power to regulate will NOT lead them to cut off the source of their campaign funding. Worse, it will implicitly enshrine corporate personhood in the constitution by acknowledging the “right” of corporations to contribute to campaigns.

Q: What other “rights” would be eliminated?
A:  Corporations could not claim the right to avoid inspections by the FDA, EPA or other agencies charged with protecting the public, among other things. They would still have the privilege of limited liability and other privileges necessary to conduct business and protect investors.

      

       Q: Why should we expect this amendment to pass?

A: By making support for a proper amendment a campaign issue, we can force incumbents and candidates to tell us whether they are working for us or corporations. If they don’t support the amendment we will vote for candidates who do, as people increasingly recognize that this is the single most important issue that we can agree on.

       

       Q: Isn’t campaign finance reform enough?

A: The Supreme Court gutted model public financing laws in Arizona and Vermont using the same twisted “free speech” argument that Citizens United was decided upon.

The only way to effectively introduce campaign finance reform is to abolish corporate personhood. The same amendment can establish the basis for public financing by abolishing all forms of bundled money and placing restrictions on individual donors.

LINK TO LIST OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE MADE A WRITTEN PLEDGE TO AMEND AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS  WHO HAVE  SPONSORED OR ENDORSED AN AMENDMENT PURPORTING TO ABOLISH CORPORATE PERSONHOOD AND/OR DECLARE THAT MONEY IS NOT FREE SPEECH.