Re: [WDDM] Direct Democracy with Obama

[Jon Lalanne <moelalon2000(at)yahoo.com>]

Solving the lobbiest problem: no more paid,
professional, lobbiests, allowed on any level of
government... all owners heads of businesses will have
the same opportunity and time to express themselves
before the central government and the people without
prejudice...


--- Bruce Eggum <bruceeggum(at)gmail.com> wrote:

> Direct Democracy with people inner-actions see plan
> below.
>
> http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/
>
> Go to issues and Barack has his plan outlined on all
> issues. You can see
> what he will do.
> <http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/>
> Plan to Change Washington
>
> "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists
> that their days of
> setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have
> done more than any other
> candidate in this race to take on lobbyists — and
> won. They have not funded
> my campaign, they will not get a job in my White
> House, and they will not
> drown out the voices of the American people when I
> am president."
>
> — Barack Obama, Speech in Des Moines, IA, November
> 10, 2007
>
>  At a Glance
>
>    -
>
>    Shine the Light on Washington
Lobbying<http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/#washington-lobbying>
>    -
>
>    Shine the Light on Federal Contracts, Tax Breaks
> and
Earmarks<http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/#earmarks>
>    -
>
>    Bring Americans Back into their
Government<http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/#bring-americans-back>
>    -
>
>    Free the Executive Branch from Special Interest
Influence<http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/#free-executive>
>  Speak your mind and help set the policies that will
> guide this campaign and
> change the country.
>
>    -
>
>    Present *your* ideas
> <http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/mypolicy>
>
>
>
>  Watch the Video
>   The Problem
>
> *Lobbyists Write National Policies:* For example,
> Vice President Dick
> Cheney's Energy Task Force of oil and gas lobbyists
> met secretly to develop
> national energy policy.
>
> *Secrecy Dominates Government Actions:* The Bush
> administration has ignored
> public disclosure rules and has invoked a legal tool
> known as the "state
> secrets" privilege more than any other previous
> administration to get cases
> thrown out of civil court.
>
> *Wasteful Spending is Out of Control:* The current
> administration has abused
> its power by handing out contracts without
> competition to its politically
> connected friends and supporters. These abuses cost
> taxpayers billions of
> dollars each year.
> Barack Obama's Plan Shine the Light on Washington
> Lobbying
>
>    -
>
>    *Centralize Ethics and Lobbying Information for
> Voters:* Obama will
>    create a centralized Internet database of
> lobbying reports, ethics records,
>    and campaign finance filings in a searchable,
> sortable and downloadable
>    format.
>    -
>
>    *Require Independent Monitoring of Lobbying Laws
> and Ethics
> Rules:*Obama will use the power of the presidency to
> fight for an
> independent
>    watchdog agency to oversee the investigation of
> congressional ethics
>    violations so that the public can be assured that
> ethics complaints will be
>    investigated.
>    -
>
>    *Support Campaign Finance Reform:* Obama supports
> public financing of
>    campaigns combined with free television and radio
> time as a way to reduce
>    the influence of moneyed special interests. Obama
> introduced public
>    financing legislation in the Illinois State
> Senate, and is the only 2008
>    candidate to have sponsored Senator Russ
> Feingold's (D-WI) tough bill to
>    reform the presidential public financing system.
>
> Shine the Light on Federal Contracts, Tax Breaks and
> Earmarks
>
>    -
>
>    *Create a Public "Contracts and Influence"
> Database:* As president,
>    Obama will create a "contracts and influence"
> database that will disclose
>    how much federal contractors spend on lobbying,
> and what contracts they are
>    getting and how well they complete them.
>    -
>
>    *Expose Special Interest Tax Breaks to Public
> Scrutiny:* Barack Obama
>    will ensure that any tax breaks for corporate
> recipients — or tax earmarks —
>    are also publicly available on the Internet in an
> easily searchable format.
>    -
>
>    *End Abuse of No-Bid Contracts:* Barack Obama
> will end abuse of no-bid
>    contracts by requiring that nearly all contract
> orders over $25,000 be
>    competitively awarded.
>    -
>
>    *Sunlight Before Signing:* Too often bills are
> rushed through Congress
>    and to the president before the public has the
> opportunity to review them.
>    As president, Obama will not sign any
> non-emergency bill without giving the
>    American public an opportunity to review and
> comment on the White House
>    website for five days.
>    -
>
>    *Shine Light on Earmarks and Pork Barrel
> Spending:* Obama's
>    Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act will
> shed light on all earmarks
>    by disclosing the name of the legislator who
> asked for each earmark, along
>    with a written justification, 72 hours before
> they can be approved by the
>    full Senate.
>
> Bring Americans Back into their Government
>
>    -
>
>    *Hold 21st Century Fireside Chats:* Obama will
> bring democracy and
>    policy directly to the people by requiring his
> Cabinet officials to have
>    periodic national broadband townhall meetings to
> discuss issues before their
>    agencies.
>    -
>
>    *Make White House Communications Public:* Obama
> will amend executive
>    orders to ensure that communications about
> regulatory policymaking between
>    persons outside government and all White House
> staff are disclosed to the
>    public.
>    -
>
>    *Conduct Regulatory Agency Business in Public:*
> Obama will require his
>    appointees who lead the executive branch
> departments and rulemaking agencies
>    to conduct the significant business of the agency
> in public, so that any
>    citizen can see in person or watch on the
> Internet these debates.
>    -
>
>    *Release Presidential Records:* Obama will
> nullify the Bush attempts
>    to make the timely release of presidential
> records more difficult.
>
>
>
>  Free the Executive Branch from Special Interest
> Influence
>
>    -
>
>    *Close the Revolving Door on Former and Future
> Employers:* No
>    political appointees in an Obama administration
> will be permitted to work on
>    regulations or contracts directly and
> substantially related to their prior
>    employer for two years. And no political
> appointee will be able to lobby the
>    executive branch after leaving government service
> during the remainder of
>    the administration.
>    -
>
>    *Free Career Officials from the Influence of
> Politics:* Obama will
>    issue an executive order asking all new hires at
> the agencies to sign a form
>    affirming that no political appointee offered
> them the job solely on the
>    basis of political affiliation or contribution.
>    -
>
>    *Reform the Political Appointee Process:* FEMA
> Director Michael Brown
>    was not qualified to head the agency, and the
> result was a disaster for the
>    people of the Gulf Coast. But in an Obama
> administration, every official
>    will have to rise to the standard of proven
> excellence in the agency's
>    mission.
>
> Barack Obama's Record:
>
>    -
>
>    *Federal Ethics Reform:* Obama and Senator
> Feingold (D-WI) took on
>    both parties and proposed ethics legislation that
> was described as the "gold
>    standard" for reform. It was because of their
> leadership that ending
>    subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating
> disclosure of lobbyists' bundling
>    of contributions, and enacting strong new
> restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored
>    trips became part of the final ethics bill that
> was signed into law. The
>    Washington Post wrote in an editorial, "The final
> package is the strongest
>    ethics legislation to emerge from Congress yet."
>    -
>
>    *Google for Government:* Americans have the right
> to know how their
>    tax dollars are spent, but that information has
> been hidden from public view
>    for too long. That's why Barack Obama and Senator
> Tom Coburn (R-OK) passed a
>    law to create a Google-like search engine to
> allow regular people to
>    approximately track federal grants, contracts,
> earmarks, and loans online.
>    The Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "It would enable the
> public to see where
>    federal money goes and how it is spent. It's a
> brilliant idea."
>    -
>
>    *Illinois Reform:* In 1998, Obama joined forces
> with former U.S. Sen.
>    Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign
> finance law in Illinois
>    history. The legislation banned the personal use
> of campaign money by
>    Illinois legislators and banned most gifts from
> lobbyists. Before the law
>    was passed, one organization ranked Illinois
> worst among 50 states for its
>    campaign finance regulations.
>    -
>
>    *A High Standard:* Unlike other candidates
> Obama's campaign refuses to
>    accept contributions from Washington lobbyists
> and political action
>    committees.
>    For More Information about Barack's Plan
>
>    [image: (PDF)]Read the
Plan<http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/TakingBackOurGovernmentBackFinalFactSheet.pdf>
>    Read and Watch the
Speech<http://www.barackobama.com/2007/06/22/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_17.php>
> --
> Bruce Eggum
> Gresham Wisconsin, USA
> President King
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