Cenk Uygur
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Petition: NASCAR-ize Politicians With Corporate Donors Logos
Posted
March 23, 2013
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March 23, 2013
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4:59Now Playing"Leave it to the innovative hive mind of Reddit to find creative ways to get results.
It started on Wednesday, when an article about a NASCAR-inspired White House petition to make congressional lawmakers wear the logos of their financial backers went viral on the social network. While it was an implausible proposal outside the powers of the White House, members of the Reddit community quickly took to the comment thread to note that the idea -- floated in the past by comedians such as Robin Williams and since adopted by political figures such as Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson -- has experienced some pickup in the past and could be illustrated, if not actually implemented in Washington."*
How do we reveal what politicians' true motives are? Make them wear NASCAR logos of all their donors pulling the strings. This idea comes from Reddit, and is now a White House petition. It's silly, but the notion of transparency isn't. Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola (TYT University) and Desi Doyen (Green News Report) discuss.
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