Defining Democracy (Assignment 1)

2/1/2016

Democracy is a way of thinking, a responsibility and agreement between the government and the people. This agreement is based on social and cultural values. In a strong democracy the governing doctrine implies that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government, which allows for effective public oversight. Often times this does not happen.

Every day people are fighting for the right for access, full implementation of laws and programs that will increase inclusivity and to be heard. Democracy is not only about being heard or having the ability and interest in speaking about political and social problems. Being in a democracy can also mean that you have an equal position of power as the representatives that, but being listened to. Democracy is when you are given an equal vote on decisions that directly affect you. And when given this tremendous responsibility, people will surprise you. They rise to the occasion and educate themselves on the issues at hand. They also work hard to ensure that the next generation is knowledgeable.

For this weeks homework assignment - watch the videos below and respond to the prompts.
How does money play a role in law creation? Is this helpful or harmful to our democracy? Explain why.
What aspects of our system affirm access for average residents in the U.S. and what aspects of our system negate access to the political process?
What are the benefits and disadvantages of our current political system?

Assignment Requirements

You must write 200 words for each post (due Wednesday before Midnight), Responses to two other students 50 words each (due Sunday before midnight)
Students must post during the week this is assigned or it will not be graded.

80 Comments

nalleli lujano

2/2/2016 11:23:33 pm

Money plays a big role in law creation in many ways. Money is the main key for a law to occur. I believe it’s harmful the way money plays its role because corporations are spending all the money they want and telling us to whom to vote for. While on the other hand our ideas are the ones that matter the most and be happy with what we really want. Democracy is where everyone has a voice and speaks for what they believe in and not paying corporations to make people vote.

Some access that’s residents in the U.S have is that if they all come together as a group the will have access to change the law and having access to a new constitutional amendment. Some aspects that negate citizens from access to political process is the corporations which take citizens’ voice away and buy elections, so people’s votes aren’t really counted.

Some benefits of our political system are that we have educational opportunities for everyone no matter what’s your economical status. Another thing would be food stamps for people who are needed given by the government. Some disadvantages of our political system are that since the minimum wage has risen up. Things tend to be more expensive like the products from stores or even the rent and all the taxes that are being charged are sent to the politicians. Another thing would be inequality based on your race for example the whites have more benefits than people who are Latin.

Esmeralda Villanueva

2/3/2016 09:02:20 pm

When I found out that they were raising the minimum wage I was really happy at first thinking we would be able to buy more thing. But boy I was wrong we never stop and think about the past but every time our minimum wage has risen so has prices of products and the value of the money decreases. I remember when I was young I would be able to but four candies with a dollar bill now a dollar can hardly buy me a piece of candy so what's the point of that. We may get a raise but it does not mean we are getting more richer it just means another way to shut people up. The more money we get the more is taken away from our taxes for the government to pay their expenses.

Kathy Maya

2/7/2016 08:55:48 pm

I completely agree with you Esmi, on what you're talking about. It's called inflation, I think. Plus I also agree with you how you are saying that there is no point because in the end, we do end up paying more. It is completely unfair what the government does to our economy.

jeniffer f

2/7/2016 10:22:41 pm

i agree with you esme and kathy it was good hearing the raise in minimum wage but also it sucked that the prices of our necessities also increase if that makes any sense.

Maria Distancia

2/3/2016 03:03:48 pm

Money play a role in law creation because the supreme court in 2010 decided that it would be fine telling corporations to spend money on telling us citizens who to vote for. This is harmful to our democracy because people feel like corporations have too much power than the people. They care more about getting money than helping out the community. Corporations cause a lot of harm to society and they can get away with it easily.

Some aspects of our system affirming access for average residents in the United states is how people can gather up with enough people to change something in the government that is hurting us. Our system negates access to political process when citizens try to change something but they can't because the corporations are protected by their rights. If it's written in the amendments, the government can't really do nothing about it only if the supreme court votes to deny it.

A benefit of our current political system is that there's a chance that a law could be passed that can benefit us. A disadvantage is that according to the video “ The preferences of the average American appear to have a minuscule, near-zero , statistically non-significant impact upon public policy”.

Alejandra Saavedra

2/7/2016 03:53:35 pm

Hey Maria, nice job on the responses. I also agree that it is unfair that the corporations with more money have the ability to influence the choices that the government can make for the people that don't have equally as much money at the bigger corporations. I also really like how you linked your last idea to the videos!

Estephany Garibaldi

2/7/2016 09:28:09 pm

I agree with you Maria, because they do only care about the money & not what the people have to say. When we the people are the ones voting & paying taxes like we are supposed to do. So why can't they hear us out? I believe that it is a frustration that civilians have here in America.

jeniffer f

2/7/2016 10:13:53 pm

i agree with you maria it sucks that corporations with money get to influence choices the government can make for the people.

Marielos Monterroza

2/3/2016 06:30:03 pm

Money plays a role in law creation because corporations give candidates as much money as they want in order for the candidates to be elected. Corporations give candidates money so candidates in return pass the laws they want. For example, in the video "The Story of Citizens" it said, "There are approximately fifty- three corporations who run the economy and eighty- five percent of these corporations have too much power. This is hurtful to our democracy because powerful corporations are running our country.
Our residents are guaranteed the access to demand corporations to stop spending so much money on elections. Our people have to make their voices heard so they can run our country again. What hurts our political system is that corporations make as much money as possible and there aren’t laws to stop them.
The benefits of our political system is that the people have the right to freedom of speech and the right to protest. The disadvantages to our system is that it runs more like an oligarchy because the one percent run most of our economy. Our system is divided between the one percent and the ninety-nine percent and the ninety-nine percent doesn’t have much of a say in what happens in our country. People with a lot of money have power and they decide on what to spend it on when it comes to politics. The ninety-nine percent have to deal with corporations spending on elections while there votes aren’t being heard.

Saraye

2/4/2016 10:47:14 am

I agree with what you said that our political system is in trouble because of the influence of rich corporations. I'm disappointed with the fact that 85% of corporations have power while the people have nearly none. Have you noticed that us people that aren't rich have less effect on the political system, but are more affected by the decisions made by the 1%.

Emily Madrigal

2/4/2016 10:53:59 am

I'd like to agree with you Marielos because we have the same ideas for the most part but the thing that was most interesting to me is how you put in statistics and the fact that there is no laws that say the amount of money they can give to each candidate's is really hurting our society.

Maria Distancia

2/4/2016 10:57:03 am

I would like to agree with Marielos Monterroza because its true that corporations give their candidates as much money as they want in order to get them to vote for them. This happens because they have the right to. If people in America want to make a change, they can if they gather enough people to protest.

Yesenia Briseno

2/4/2016 11:10:07 am

I agree with you that corporations need to be stopped before they completely take over everything. Corporations like you said from the video 85% of them run the economy we can't let them fully run us. The Corporations take control of us because politicians are easily bought with money. It's scary to think that they can buy politicians now imagine how scary it would be if they bought people over. I agree with you also that there should be laws that stop corporations by spending so much money. There should be a certified person that checks that every corporation and presidential candidate only spends a certain amount of money. It's interesting to me that residents can demand corporations to stop spending money.I thought that corporations could spend money as they would like since it belongs to them. What I also agree with you is that the 99% should not be ignored they need to be heard.The 99% is the majority of the population. Why should the 1% get their voices heard if sometimes they don't even pay taxes. It's not fair that the 99% pay taxes and they are not heard when they demand corporations to stop spending money on unnecessary laws, advertisements etc.

Mauricio Guerrero

2/3/2016 07:55:02 pm

Money plays a big role in law creation because corporations which have a lot of money spend millions of dollars to get leaders elected. Having these leaders in office is beneficial to these corporations because this leader can make laws to benefit those corporations. This gives corporations way too much power , giving them more power than the people. This is harmful to a democracy because this places the people behind these powerful corporations. It's no longer what the people want but what the corporations think is beneficial to them to make more money.

An aspect of our system that has access to average citizens is that they have the ability to vote and they can sign petitions to get their voices heard. Some aspects of our system that negate access to our political system is the fact that there are basically only a few that have power. These people are the wealthy and those that have political power, which is not the majority of Americans. Also that these people and large corporations fix the laws so they go in their favor.

Some of the benefits of our current political system is the access that we have to healthcare. We also have the right to express ourselves however we want with our ability to express our freedom of speech. We could vote and we can create amendments to our Constitution that benefit the people of the United States. Some of the disadvantages to our political system is that the top one percent and people with political power have a lot of influence in this country. Corporations with tons of money also have a big say in this country.

Esmerada Villanueva

2/3/2016 08:48:39 pm

I’m glad that you spoke on that, right to express ourselves, because it's not easy to show the world who you are. However that is only in certain states that accepts you more. For example if a homosexual couple wants to get married, it's best for them to do it in California because we passed a law in our state that they can get married but let's say Texas that law is still pending so they cannot get married there, now lets try Montana there that law is an outlaw which is basically breaking the law. So we can't really say that we have the right to express who we really are maybe in a different way but not yet fully.

Paola Carrillo

2/4/2016 10:42:12 am

Id like to agree with Esmeralda we have made some progress in what we think is helping these individuals but the constant neglect that society has formed in past years is still circulating around. Like In other continents we are seeing that the homosexuals are being treated as a different species, they beat them and for the woman they commit rape and lets keep in mind that this is an ideal that our society took to another culture. Here in the United States we passed laws to allow gay marriage but that dosent mean that we fully accept their aspect of life.

Cynthia Pinedo

2/4/2016 10:49:59 am

I wanted to make a quick note that gay marriage is legal in all states now. However, I agree with your idea of not truly being able to express who you are. Although the right is written in paper, it is dismissed and not put in effect by those who do not agree with the law. On the other hand, at least we are granted the ability to fight for our right to express ourselves.

Manuel

2/7/2016 09:59:37 pm

I completely agree with the points you make. Money does play a big role in law creation and it has a negative effect in our government and us the people. I agree when you say that corporation benefit from these leaders that they promote because once elected those leaders make laws that benefit big corporations and make laws that damage us people and our rights.

Esmeralda

2/3/2016 08:21:41 pm

Money play a role in law by how is being used. And by that I mean big corporations wanting to force in laws that would only benefit them. Now they cannot make the laws however they can buy off people with their money. They start with an idea, buys off a political person and begins to start campaigning to get all theses ideas out. And the way that brain washes most people is that they put it everywhere. These corporations will go above and beyond to spend every last cent they have to convince the people what they want. And by that once the cooperation candidate wins they ignore all the actual problem and listens to the 1% oof the population. And ignores the 99% of the population. And this is harmful to our democracy because we vote to get a voice and to be able to get our needs. Its sad because basically every year we believe that maybe just maybe the new president will listen to what we actually want and NEED than to what thet 1% wants and benefits them. Its great the fact that we do have a say in who we want to vote and have a voice in the democracy world. And if we wanted to change a law we would all gather up together to make our voices be heard that is why we have a DEMOCRACY government, but people take it for granted and use their higher powers to get what they want and I believe that it's not fair. Our government has its advantages and disadvantages, I am glad to say that we have education in the U.S for everyone, created more healthcare and is currently trying to set boundaries to corporations when “donating to campaigns”. And the disadvantage is that Our education is extremely expensive, the healthcare don't really cover everyone and I know that because I don't qualify anywhere nor my siblings and finally we are basically being run by corporations that are polluting our air,water,ground just basically our world.

Yesenia Briseno

2/3/2016 08:40:32 pm

Money plays a role in law creation because if you have money you are most likely to invest your money on a law you want to be passed. The law you may want to pass may only benefit you but since you have money it will be “okay”. Money also plays a role in law creation because it brings power to people. When people have money ,they often tend to manipulate whoever they want. This is hurtful to our democracy because it’s not living by its word. A democracy should help it’s people not set them up to fail. This is harmful because not all people in our society are rich meaning they can’t buy their way into creating a law. Another way this is harmful is that it makes people’s voices be represented as weak if they don’t have money. Politicians also start to ignore the voices and demands of the people because the people have nothing to offer them in return.

The aspects of our system that affirm access for average residents in the U.S is when voting takes sessions and candidates debate.Average residents get the idea about what the candidates ideals are through debates. At the same time the political process is left out and it is not explained to average U.S residents. Few people may know the process of electing a president and the right of voting something that we should be aware of. The aspects of the system that we see is that we are surrounded by advertisements and campaigns basically consumerism. We have ads on billboards, television, radios and so much more. However we are not aware that the people funding all of these ads and campaigns are corporations. We are hardly aware that the Supreme Court gave the okay for corporations to spend as much money as they wish on campaigns. At the same time they don’t notify us that they throw persuasion at us. The ads usually want us to buy or vote for someone they try to condition us by telling us what to do. What’s also not exposed to U.S residents is the false hope that the political process brings. The false hope of a politician advocating for change and in reality letting things stay as is.

The benefits of our current political system is that it is a democracy and it is for the people by the people. In a democracy people have a say in the government to voice their opinions. The disadvantages of our current political system is that even if we have a say in the government certain things go unchanged. For example police brutality is high and as people we’ve demanded that they receive punishment for their unnecessary force. Police get put on administrative leave with pay and get defended by the system because they are “protecting people”. Another disadvantage of our system is that certain laws can be passed or rejected without or voices being taken into consideration. We also don’t really get to decide who our presidents will be even if we vote. Our votes will be counted for the election but at the end of the day the same political system decides who will be in charge of this country.

Nalleli Lujano

2/4/2016 10:49:05 am

I really like how you express yourself on how money plays its role. I agree by the fact you said that money is used to manipulate people but only rich can. It’s on fair how poor don’t have the money needed for their ideas to be heard. It seems democracy is not doing its full job by making everyone's voices be heard.

Marielos Monterroza

2/4/2016 11:00:38 am

I agree with you that money gives people power and they abuse their power to get what they want. Our citizens voices aren't being heard and the system is corrupt. Our politicians are putting more attention to the money than to the needs of the people. You're right that politicians don't care about making change anymore because the money takes over them. Our votes are not heard and our system isn't changing.

Maria Distancia

2/4/2016 11:05:50 am

I would like to agree with Yesenia Briseno that even if people suggest something in the Political system, they will probably not change nothing even if the people ask for a change. But like i said before, if enough people are gathered up, they can actually create a change in the system.

Jessica Ramos

2/4/2016 11:17:30 am

I really really agree with you. It's interesting how you talk about billboards and ads because it's true that the things we see and hear are all ran by corporations who are trying to manipulate us. I also agree that unfortunately politicians ignore the voices of the people because sadly we don’t have money in return and that’s basically all that politicians want.

Paola Carrillo

2/3/2016 08:43:50 pm

Money plays a big role in lawmaking and potentially have the power even to manipulate the law to fit the big corporation demands. They put in a certain amount of money and keep in mind that the money that is imputed into these elections and laws are the out come to make more profit. Now the laws seem to have been made in order to keep making much more money for the 1%. Laws are passed yes to but what extent. Ard they really to insure our safty and for the people's benefit is the question that really should be asking. It's often not that we have bad lawmakers but that our society has become abruptly susceptible to settle for the what we are told and when we are prepared to fight for the law the government itself is the one who tries to silence us. Having had corporations have that much power is something that we now are starting to realize was a huge mistake. For example of the use of corporations on elections is one of the biggest issues. Having them limit their spending can insure that these corporations don't buy influence but most importantly that the voices of the people are being heard when it comes to the issues that are truly important for most of the population.

We the people can demand and potentially monitor how much is being inputted into the elections by corporations. In doing this we are making sure that we return the power to the people something that is being put to the test till present day. This also means that the people unite to create the change that they want. So if you are turned down keep pushing for what you believe in. Don't let those big corporations gain control. The system often negates these people because of the power that the corporations hold. It is because of this power that we have more trouble trying to improve things like pollution, energy, and waste management. Again the influence that these corporations have pay a big role.

Some advantages of our current government system are that one we are at large one of the most stable economies in the world. Although that this is true we still have some differences that we need to work out like the violence that we use against our own people. Another disadvantage would be the fact that although the people are suppose to be the ones with a bigger say it's the other way around wreath wealthier people and corporations depict how and when things will actually happen. Another advantage would be that they provide us with the “protection” they think that is necessary. Now just how this can be a good thing it can also be a bad thing because of the following violations of our privacy that is surrounding us constantly. Now overall we often see more of the public opinion that the government is bad and corrupt but we fail to see the good that it does by having programs for the poor and benefits as well. Having the social security services. And many other things.

Elizabeth Guerrero

2/4/2016 10:55:14 am

Yes! I agree laws are made to make stacks of money for the 1% by promoting candidates who will do their dirty work for them and harm the people of the united states. These corporations don't care who they hurt or how much pollution they cause their main goal is to make money.

Yesenia Briseno

2/4/2016 09:03:04 pm

I agree with you Paola that the real question should be who the laws benefit. There are plenty of laws being easily passed without there being much reason behind them. I also agree with you that they provide us with their so called "protection". They tell us they protect us so we are willing to give up the few rights we have in exchange for "protection". When the reality is that the U.S is creating it's own problems like for example starting unnecessary wars. Like you said the government isn't always bad because it does have certain programs that benefit the people. At the same time they take away some money from beneficiary programs for the people so it can be used on the military. I agree with the points you made I think they are really solid.

Esther Ramirez

2/8/2016 09:13:02 pm

I like that you enforce the people's rights. The people need to start getting together just like you said, in order to obtain the goals that they want.The sooner this happens, the sooner we will have a decent government that looks over our benefits instead of the corporations economic growth.

Ivan Navarro

2/3/2016 09:01:11 pm

Money plays a big role in creating laws in many ways. Such as big corporations tell us who to vote for in elections. Corporation, the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word corporation is a lot of money. It's like the people in a democracy are getting bribed. Corporations will spend millions for getting lawmakers elected. This is harmful for our democracy because it is in a crisis. Corporations took over and are leaving the people out of the democracy. Isn't that what a democracy is the people and the people getting their voices to be heard. These corporations only benefit themselves that's why they want lawmakers electected.

An aspect that can affirm access for a average resident is the right to vote. Also when something is wrong or the government did something wrong the people can basically protest. When people want change they will speak.

Some advantages of our political system is free speech and free press. They are protected especially in the cases of public figures political speech. Also the separation of powers. This prevents the government from becoming too powerful or acting too rashly. Some disadvantages are in most states, incumbent politicians have too much influence over which voters are included in their districts.

Luis Espinoza

2/4/2016 10:42:50 am

I really agree with you mate that money has a big role in creating laws. Corporations have huge amounts of money and they modify the law. Also I agree with the fact that we have the right to vote and I think that its very important that we can protest when we do not like something because it lets the government know that we disagree with them.

Liz Guerrero

2/4/2016 11:02:52 am

That's right corporations give tons of money to candidates campaigns as long as the candidate upholds laws that will benefit their business. They work extra hard to build this false image of a candidate to trick people into voting for them. Indeed money seems to completely drown our voices and opinions.

Olaf Ponce

2/3/2016 09:58:28 pm

Money plays a huge role in our law creating process. For the most part it’s more harmful than helpful to our democracy. I think it's harmful because corporations are the ones who have the most money. That means that corporations have a big say in who we vote on to become the new president. If corporations spend a whole bunch of money on a certain candidate; the candidate will do anything the corporations want because their money got them elected, and corporations don't really care what people want. They only worry about making more and more money and removing laws that restrict them from making more money.

Aspects that affirm access to average citizens is that they are able to vote and sings petitions so they can be heard. citizens can also protest when they do not like something that the government is doing. Others aspects that negate access to our political system is that only a small portion of people have power.

Some of the advantages that our political system is that we have the freedom of speech and the separation of powers.Some disadvantages our political system is that the top one percent has a huge influence in our country.

Jonathan Padilla

2/4/2016 10:58:45 am

I agree how you brought up of how corporations spend a certain amount of money on their desired candidate. Whenever there is people involved in a protest it usually either gets shut down or ends up getting violent. This is because the government does not want people to fight against them. They want to be the ones controlling the system that manipulates the citizens. By doing so corporations spend so much money on candidates to veto whatever it is people try to propose.

Jessica Ramos

2/4/2016 11:00:00 am

I agree with what you stated, but I think that at times our own freedom of speech has been restricted. I think we have the idea that it’s an advantage, but in reality this is used against us at times. We are being punished, judged, and mistreated for simply stating our opinions. I also think that the separation of powers is currently not effective because we have corporations surpassing the separation of power.

Manuel Romero

2/7/2016 10:12:31 pm

I agree when you say that the one percent have the most influence in our country. The one percent are the ones that make an Oligarchy. The video “Proof the US is an Oligarchy, not a democracy” proves your point when you say that the one percent has the most influence in our government, thus proves the point that our government is no longer a democracy of the people but a government for the one percent.

Emily Madrigal

2/3/2016 10:03:31 pm

Money plays a role in our law creation because if you have money you can bend any law and make it into almost anything you want. Money and power have the biggest roles in law making because all the government cares about now is money and doesn’t care about the people and what they want. It plays a big part in our law making also because big companies that have a lot of money give money to the candidates running for president and then the companies can ask for “favors” which may include changing some laws and trying to make them make new laws. The democracy should be ran by the people but the court decided in 2010 that the company’s could be able to spend whatever amount of money they wanted, and this changed the priorities of the presidents that get elected. This is harmful in our democracy because our democracy has changed the order of the priorities. The only thing that the democracy cares about now is money and they think that money can make anything in life better.
The voting aspects of our system access for average residents, but the part that people who have much more money than the average person have more say in the democracy is the part that negates the access to the political process.
The advantages of our current political system are that free speech and free press are protected, that they have the separation of powers between the branches, and that they protect the rights of minorities against the majorities. The disadvantages are that the separation of powers can delay the government action. Also that the politicians that aren’t the best the country can have a lot of support from people because of the support they have from the big company’s. Another disadvantage is that the financial subsidy they receive is not as it seems. They don’t say all that is needed to make a concrete decision.

Cynthia Pinedo

2/3/2016 10:04:48 pm

The legislative branch, whose role is to make laws, consists of rich congressmen that are voted into office with the help of corporations. The congressmen elected into office share the same views as the corporations, which then benefit the corporations as they gain even more power, control, and access over what they want. Their main mission focuses on how much money they can make rather than how to help people. These powerful corporations spend millions and millions of dollars in campaigning and plastering the face of the officials they want elected, bringing wrong awareness to the people over the better candidate. In addition, the same six major corporations control over 90% of the media, majorly impacting and slimming the chances of other candidates. Other potential candidates are discouraged and dropped out of the race as people don't vote for them because they are not aware of them and there were not enough funds for competitive campaigning. Thus, money’s role in law creation is harmful in this case because it is in the wrong hands of powerful and influential people. The people lose their power and voice as corporations gain more access in creating laws that solely benefit them.
A few aspects of our system that affirm access for average residents in the U.S. are elections, candident debates, and our first amendment. Residents can try to have their voices “heard” by voting for a candidate that could potentially represent them and their needs. The debates vaguely informs them of better options of representation. The first amendment allows residents to unite for causes, protests, petition, and go against circumstances that the people do not agree with. Some aspects of our system that negate access to the political process are racism and classism (or poverty). An example of this is when less voting polls are stationed in low-income communities, making it harder for residents to vote versus a wealthy community having a voting poll in every corner. It is a strategic system to drown the power of the 99%.

Some benefits of our current political system are the checks and balances and our guaranteed rights. This prevents branches of a government from having too much power and the constitution protects our rights. However, the disadvantages weigh more heavily. Tying back to the first question, corporations are treated like people rather than profit, being protected by the first amendment. They control our politicians, our government. The rich get even richer while the poor get even more poor. The top 1% fix the laws to their favor and voice their personal views rather than the 99%’s. Our political system is corrupt and is not serving or protecting its people like it was meant to.

Emily Madrigal

2/4/2016 10:45:53 am

I agree with your response, congress men that get involved in to office do share the same ideas as the corporations that help them financially and that's part of the reason why they get laws passed that help corporations become more powerful. Also that one of the few aspects of our system that grants access to the average citizen is the voting right.

Mauricio Guerrero

2/4/2016 10:49:48 am

While I agree that major corporations do control most of the media and that the top one percent controls this country. It is really difficult for people to actually get their voices by voting for their candidate because corporations often intervene and place the candidate that most benefits them in office. So in fact , it is really difficult for people to get their voices heard in that way. But there are many other ways to get our voices heard.

Jessica Ramos

2/3/2016 10:18:07 pm

Money is the main key to creating laws. Without money no law can really even be created, and unfortunately corporations and the top 1% are the ones with the money. Corporations handle and use money as their number one tool to getting their way. If they want a specific law to happen they are going to do whatever is in their power to make that law happen. The people in this case will no longer have their voices heard. We as the lower and middle class don’t have the vast amounts of money like corporations do. Our opinions will become insignificant, and law makers and politicians will not be interested in hearing us. These laws could potentially affect us on a daily basis and it’s unfair to have corporations which mainly consist of the top 1% decide what is right and wrong for us. Politicians and law makers will turn to the money and influence of corporations. This is harmful to democracy because there is a chance democracy can become extinct in our country! Like stated in the second video, we are on the verge of becoming an oligarchy. The people have no voice or opinion regarding the laws because corporations have taken over. We supposedly are a country where the “people rule” but unfortunately corporations are a threat to democracy and to law making.

We have the right to know who is behind all the law making and who influences the United States. We have rights such as voting and protesting and we could use these tools to our advantage. Luckily we have democracy in a state level which allows our voices to be heard. Our system tells us what we want to hear, not the truth. We have access to what the government wants us to have access too such as who is running for president or what the new proposed laws are. Our system negates to tell us who is funding political campaigns or who is behind certain laws. In a national level, democracy is dying and that is where the top 1% comes into play and takes advantage of the other 99% of residents.

Some of the benefits of our current political system that a drop of democracy still exists so there is a chance our government could potentially restore to the democratic nation it once was. Another benefit is that we offer public and free education. We also offer services and programs such as free and reduced lunch, social security, WIC, Medicare along with other services. The list of disadvantages can be endless. Primarily, our country is wasting millions and billions of dollars on campaigning ads. Some disadvantages are the misrepresentation of people of color and women in congress and in other political areas. We are in 2016 and women and men don’t receive the equal amount of pay for their labor. Our political system is unfair and unjust because corporations are taking control. We are the people who are suppose to be running this country and we are meant to have our voices and opinions heard.

Cynthia Pinedo

2/4/2016 11:03:16 am

You make a lot of accurate points regarding our system being an oligarchy but still benefiting the people in some rare circumstances. And yes, we still have so much more progress to do. However, we are offered constitutional rights that can help us get past these current and horrific events occurring within our government and country.

Esther Ramirez

2/8/2016 09:28:44 pm

It is really impressive the thought provoking points that you made. Compared to all the responses, many spoke about the economic benefits and disadvantages that the government brought to the economy. You brought gender equality to the table and made me think that our society is built upon male supremacy that limits womens rights.

Esther Ramirez

2/3/2016 10:32:07 pm

Law creation is influenced by money because the non-human corporations, as described by the video The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011), control the propaganda for the candidates running for president. Once they achieve their goal of winning the election they use their puppet, the president, to create laws that benefit the corporation.

Some aspects of our system that affirm access for average residents is the ability of freedom of speech. By acting against the corrupt government as a group, they can fix the democracy so that the government pays attention to the citizens needs. An aspect that negates residents access to political process is the negotiations of corporations with the government. As regular people we don’t have the medium to know every aspect of the government nor the influences that contribute to the atrocities that they do against us the people.

A few benefits that our political system brings is that we at least have our rights protected and that the president has limited power. It’s beneficial for the president to have limited power because we don’t want our government to become a dictatorship with the president making decisions without the citizens consent. Although the political system brings many advantages, it also brings some disadvantages for residents. Since the government is controlled by corporations, they get to handle the majority of the decisions that only look for the profits of their companies that harm our environment.

Marielos Monterroza

2/4/2016 11:08:28 am

I think you make a good point that are president is being controlled and not making any changes to our country. It is a good thing that we have the right to freedom of speech because we get to make our voices heard. The people have run the country and our president can't just make the decisions he want.

Jeniffer F

2/3/2016 10:32:53 pm

Money plays a role in law creation because corporations give candidates as much money as they want so candidates could be elected. Corporations give candidates money in return they pass the laws they want. For example in the video "The Story of Citizens" it said "There are approximately fifty- three corporations who run the economy and eighty- five percent of these corporations have too much power. This is hurtful to our democracy because powerful corporations are ruining our country.
The residents of the u.s are guaranteed the access to demand corporations to stop sending money towards the elections. The people of the us have to have the power to make our country better again and that means having our voices being heard but corporations are restricting that from happening because they keep investing in money and there isn’t any laws to stop that nonsense.
The benefits of our current political system is that we have the freedom of speech and the right to protest against what we know is wrong. The disadvantages of our current political system is that our system is divided between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. So that means that people who have a lot of money have the power and they decide what happens and how they want to spend it. The 99 percent have to deal with corporations spending on elections while the actual people who want to vote aren’t being heard.

Aldo Gallegos

2/3/2016 10:43:13 pm

In our government money seems to play an important role when it comes to making laws. This is because huge corporations contribute millions of dollars to candidates or political leaders in charge of making laws. Thus by doing so corporations have an influence on what laws are being passed that benefit them through the leaders they might possibly helped put into power. This is harmful to our democracy because it simply gives to much power to the corporations and allows them to do what they want. Who gets to come up with laws suddenly changes from the citizens to these huge money making businesses. Who only think about ways they can make more earnings and not considering anything else.

Some aspects of our systems that affirm access to average residents in the U.S. are the right to vote and to petition. We can help come up with laws to help us. Aspects in our system that negate access to our political system are that it basically comes down to how much money you have in order to have a say in what laws are being passed. Only a limited few truly have power in order to get things done. The top 1% have a huge influence compared to the average citizen.

Some of the benefits of our political system is that we have the freedom of speech which grants us the right to speak up against unjust laws or actions that seem immoral to us. We can protest and demand changes in our government to the extent that we have the power to amend the constitution or make changes to it. Some of the disadvantages are that The top 1% basically run the country through their wealth and political influence. It creates this Oligarchy in which the majority or the 99% barley have a say in our government. This is unfair and only benefits the wealthy.

Luis Espinoza

2/4/2016 10:48:26 am

It is very interesting how only one percent of the people have the most money and they control the laws and how the rest of the people, the 99 percent get screwed over because we do not have huge amounts of money to compete against rich corporations. That is a huge disadvantage because we live in a democracy and its supposed to be for the people but corporations have control over it.

Luis Espinoza

2/3/2016 10:43:20 pm

A democracy is a system of government that is ruled by the people but rich corporations are allowed to spend tons of money in ads and laws. Money plays a big factor in creating laws and that is bad for a democracy because the people are not rich and we can not compete against corporations. For example oil companies have spent money on politicians to block laws that protect our climate. Money plays a big key in making laws and this is harmful for our democracy because as those laws that are created for example by oil industries only benefit the industry. The oil industry uses huge amounts of money to make laws that will allow it to make more money while people like me don't have tons of money to spend so we get beat by big corporations. The one percent fix the laws so that they benefit.

Some aspects of our system that affirm access for average residents is the right to vote. Residents have the right to vote for who they feel represents them the most. Also we have our rights that are protected and are guaranteed by the constitution. Aspects that are negated to us are for example power, corporations have so much wealth that it gives them the power to control the law. The law should be for the people and the people should have the power of the law.

A benefit that our political system has is that we have our rights guaranteed and we are protected under the constitution.Another benefit that our current political system is that if you’re rich you get richer. The disadvantage of our political system is that those who are rich and have lots of money get to control our democracy. They use their money and they use it so that they can keep on getting more money while the people don’t get what they want let alone what they really need.

Ivan Navarro

2/4/2016 11:02:29 am

I agree with you too mate, a democracy is supposed to be run by the people of america but it is looking like our democracy is run by these big corporations. They spend millions maybe billions to select the leaders because they want the laws of there choice. They only want what's best for the corporation and making money.

Mauricio Guerrero

2/4/2016 11:06:36 am

My fellow classmate, I agree that money forms a big part of our democracy today sadly. This is hurting our democracy . Also I agree that the Constitution guarantees our rights which makes it important for us to know our rights. This is a great statement my fellow classmate

Judith Preciado

2/7/2016 10:46:07 pm

I agree with you Luis. We the people can't compete with corporations because of the reason of money. Corporations have way more money then us and as you said they can block laws. Money is needed everywhere and anywhere for anything. Money is the power. Without money you have and are nothing.

Agustin Castellanos

2/7/2016 11:29:09 pm

I agree with you also mate, a democracy is meant to favor the people and hear what their concerns are about their country. Although the people have the right to vote, they actually still have a tough time in getting their voices heard. With all these corporations messing with our democracy our voice is shun by darkness and is unable to be seen by the government. It takes us out of the big picture which is being apart of our "Democracy."

Manuel Romero

2/3/2016 10:44:50 pm

Money plays a big role in law making by big corporations being able to put as much money as they want into telling people who to vote for and what to vote for. Corporations are able to do this due to the fact that in 2010 the Supreme Court decided that it was unconstitutional that corporations were not allowed to have a say in what happens in politics therefore corporations are allowed to put in as much money as they want in nominating law makers to make laws that benefit them. This is harmful to our democracy because it is no longer a democracy that’s about the people but it is a democracy that is about the corporations with big money.

U.S residents have access to gathering and fighting against these corporations and declaring changes that they want to happen in the U.S. On the other hand, some neglects that U.S resident have are that despite all their effort to try to change their country, nothing will change if big corporations keep having a say in what happens in politics. Big corporations affect the law by making it so it benefits them and go against those that want to change it.

To me there are no benefit to our current political system. Yea we have the right to gather up, and protest and try to change our country to make it better, but what is all that worth if all it is going to do is get big corporations what they want and not what the people want. Like the video “U.S is an Oligarchy not a Democracy”. An oligarchy is a system in which basically rich people run our government and they have all the say in what happens. To me our current political system is full of disadvantages that only help corporations and not those who really matter, us the people.

Francisco Zamora

2/4/2016 10:57:14 am

I completely agree with the points you make about our Democracy being dysfunctional. As we all know, money runs the world, and our government isn't an exception. Cooperation pour thousands of dollars into law making and contaminate our democracy. People start loosing their voice. An average citizen can't donate as much as a cooperation for a law maker to get elected. That means that the laws that matter to the people get ignored and coorperations get their way. That often means that laws are passed to pollute our enviroment. As you mentioned, people could protests and could potentially get laws rejected, but it's complicated and the "greatest government" in the world shouldn't have these types of flaws.

Rigoberto Castillo

2/3/2016 10:51:29 pm

Money plays a role in law creation in many ways. One way is that corporations give candidates as much money as they want in order for the candidates to be elected. This is like a foundation of the system itself how the big corporations buy their influence to manipulate the law. Another way in which money plays a role in law creation is that for example, if you have money you are most likely to invest your money on a law you want to be passed. I think it’s harmful to our democracy the way money plays its role because corporations are spending all the money they want and telling us to whom to vote for. Another way this is harmful to our democracy is that it makes people’s voices be represented as weak if they don’t have money and this could cause many problems. Lastly, another way it is harmful to our democracy is that people will think that the corporations have too much power than them.

Francisco Zamora

2/7/2016 11:18:56 pm

I agree with all the points you have stated. Something that stood out to me in your response is that you mention how all the money corporations donate pretty much tell us who to vote for. The candidates running for a place in our government get all this money and use it for their big campaigns. We see their adds everywhere and we start believing their ideas no matter if they are right or wrong.

Estephany Garibaldi

2/3/2016 10:52:47 pm

In corporations money is a very important role. They control these companies with the money and power that they have. These big companies associate with political leaders and try to get the people to vote. But lucky we have a party like the Democrats because they are here for the people and our rights. Corporations tend to be more concern about money and power then what the people want. The hunger for power to them is huge they pay all these tv productions to put up an ad or announce anything that has to do with them. Ads take up a lot of money and thats money in which can be donated or spent on something useful.

We has citizens have the power in voting on who can be elected into office, but sometimes the big political leaders tend to take advantage of that. They try to buy us with their "fancy" ideals of changing the country. Corporations are people, and they do have more rights then us. They try to go against people who are colored and based on their religion. This country is supposed to be "equal", but that's not the case we are in a society in were money is more important, where political leaders think its okay for power, money, and the fame to get in the way of what's more important.

Madai Natareno

2/3/2016 10:53:07 pm

Money plays a big role in law creation because it's basically runned by money. Money works around everything in politics. These big corporations basically buy the elections or buy the people running for the position. Corporations are build up of alot of money which makes them very powerful. Due to these powerful moves by money, the people dont like the government. The law and market ask for more money.This isnt helpful to our democracy because corporations are only looking for ways to make themselves more and more money. This is harmful to our democracy because the people arent really getting what they want and democracy is all about the PEOPLE and their say.

The residents dont get a say at all, the 1% which is the rich people and everything that has lots of money get the bigger say. Residents only say what they need to say but dont reallly make a change.

The benefits of our current political system is that it is good financially due to all this money. A disadvantage that our political system has is that the people dont really have a voice and its runned by money. Also money is speech. Another disadvantage is that money runs our politicians, which isnt good at all because corporations will only want what benefits them. Also now and days corporations can basically do whatever they want due to there being no stable rules to their things.

Kathy Maya

2/3/2016 11:50:02 pm

If you have money, you have power. If you have power, you can make decisions however you want, No matter who they affect. Money is power. This does not necessarily mean that it hurts our democracy. However, the way in which corporations use their power, that is what harms our democracy. Our government system was originally created to benefit us as the people. The way it is working now, it is only benefitting big corporation, which obviously is not the majority of the population. This is harmful to our democracy because not only are the rich getting richer, but also the poor are getting poorer. As of now, we’re only a democracy by title. That’s pretty much it. We do not follow democracy rules in regards to benefitting the people as people, not as companies and corporations. If corporations did such things as they do, to benefit everyone, that would be a different scene. That would be more of a twisted way of a democracy. Not exactly one, but it would serve for the same purpose. As of now the government is not doing it’s job. They seem to look the other way when corporations buy the candidates that run for election. This only ends up hurting the people.

Agustin Castellanos

2/3/2016 11:58:23 pm

Money plays a big role in law creation and the ones who us it to their advantage are CORPORATIONS! Corporations bribe many law makers in order to create and make laws that benefit what is best for business. They invest millions of dollars just in order to buy law makers and make them their slaves in a way by making them do what ever comes to their desire. this is harmful for our democracy because its not even a democracy anymore. Are corporations the people of this country? No they are not. Can we even call our government a democracy anymore? Our voice is getting stripped as time goes on and by the end we will not have a voice at all. Well thanks to these ungrateful greedy corporations who think they run this country now. Lets take it back and show them what this country means to us and stand up for one another.

The aspects of our system that affirm access for average residents in the U,S are that we as the people have the right to vote for our president to see which one will give our country a better future. We also have the power to propose laws that would benefit our society to improve it for every ones needs to be met. The aspects of our system that negate us the people access in the political process is that large corporations can easily take away our voice with money, which seems to be their only weapon against us. If it wasn't for that we would have a better chance in improving our society. Large corporations prevent us from having our freedom of speech and our right to have a voice in our democracy. That's the reason why its called a democracy because we are the people of our country. Corporations aren't people who are living in our country, so they shouldn't decide they should be treated like one of us.

The advantages of our current political system aren't as much as an advantage. I mean we have the right to vote and stuff, but what's the point of having our rights if the government isn't respecting them? We don't get the respect we deserve by not getting our rights fully granted. It is as it doesn't matter if we are the people of our country. We are just seen as humans who are there just to be fooled by the governments "humble" trust and "respect". The biggest disadvantage is that money is what influences anyone now a days and we have allowed our country to rot withe the value of money.

Aldo G

2/4/2016 10:50:17 am

I think that I feel that our government isn't respecting our basics rights. The government isn't controlled by the citizens. It all depends on how much wealth you have in order to have an influence in the law making policies. The government tells us we have a voice but it doesn't seem like it when corporations get to make the calls to befit them.

Ivan Navarro

2/4/2016 11:11:05 am

I agree! with the fact that corporations bribe many lawmakers. Even though these lawmakers have a lot of money and are part of the one percent, they still want more then what they already have. HAHAHA white old fat one percenters. Again they only want to benefit themselves and this is making america worse.

Alejandra Saavedra

2/4/2016 12:00:06 am

Money is a major key in the way that laws are created For example, with all the money that corporations have they are able to purchase different ways of advertisement making them look like the bigger person in the eye of the bottom 99%. This is harmful to our democracy because the more power that the corporations have the richer the 1% gets meaning that the lower 99% have less of a voice due to their lack of funding. The aspect that the country is ruled by the big corporations makes the citizens feel like they aren't apart of the decision making that happens in their country. An example is our right to vote. By voting, we are letting the government know what we want and what is going to work best for us. However, if big corporations are basically rigging the elections, they are stripping us of our right to vote making us appear voiceless. A benefit I like about our current political system is the fact that we have the right to a peaceful protest and to express ourselves freely. Protests have been seen more in the media now because citizens are tired of staying quiet about the injustice in their communities. This also relates to our freedom of speech because we are spreading our own beliefs and concerns to the public. However a disadvantage to our freedom of speech is that our words can be interpreted differently by different crowds. For example, if Donald Trump goes to the Southern states and preaches his homophobic or racist ideologies to the people in the south he would most likely be perceived as a strong leader who has the answers to making America "great" again. However, let's say that I preach the same ideologies that Trump said in the South in California (a completely different environment) I would come off as a racist and would probably be hated all throughout the state. All in all, our voice is a very powerful tool that can't be taken away or silenced by the top 1%.

Aldo G

2/4/2016 10:43:41 am

I agree with where you said that our freedom of speech or what we say is interpreted differently by different people. We all come from different backgrounds and believe in different ideas. This is why i think that we have to be specific and detailed with what we say and demand. At the same time we have to be careful with what we say to try to avoid conflicts.

Agustin Castellanos

2/7/2016 11:37:44 pm

I agree with you Ale about how corporations pay a lot of money to be seen as the bigger person out of our country. Since they are very wealthy they have the power to mostly do what ever their heart desires. Pretty sure they don't desire to help our society just a tiny bit.

Jontae' Henry

2/4/2016 05:01:35 am

Money plays a big part in the way that laws are created. Money act as a tool for politician to distract votes form looking at the truth. A good example of this is the current election. Donald trump is always in the media for some of the most terrible reason if he isn’t being racist he is being sexist. However somehow in the world he and his campion staff find some way to create a video or speech where they change what really happen to be in his favor. Then his supports which is mostly corporations help him by giving money to run campion meetings and videos to make the other candidates look bad.
I believe a lot of residents should gain a lot of benefits for our system. For example having the right to vote and the right to own private property. I also believe that there is a lot of negation to our system. For example citizens aren’t getting their voice heard and a lot of citizen don’t have the able to own property. Our system on paper looks like a well-functioning democracy but what citizens are really getting is an oligarchy because the people we elected aren’t for the people they are for the corporations aka a small group of people that have a lot of money who want the government to work in their favor.
In our current political system I personal feel that there is no benefits because the people voices aren’t being heard which means we aren’t getting the changes that we needed. Now the disadvantage of our current political system is how candidates are elected because they are the ones we are put in charge. This is a disadvantage to political system because the people need to know who they are choosing to lead and represent our nations to make the right vote so that we can get the change we want.

Saraye

2/4/2016 10:57:56 am

Sadly the money donated to campaigns and ads by corporations for Donald Trump make what he says somewhat "ok". Don’t you think that corporations that support his campaign financially agree with what he says? People should be more educated so, as you said, can know who they are voting for.

Jontae'

2/9/2016 11:10:01 am

Saraye, yes I do believe that the people who fund Trump do believe and support what he speaks out. I also agree that a lot of people should be educated on the way that politics are created.

Saraye

2/4/2016 10:36:39 am

Money plays a huge role in law creation. Money allows corporations to have the utilities, like ads and fancy campaigns, to influence the people in voting for who will benefit them most. The role of money has a very negative effect on our democracy because it limits and even excludes what the people's desires are. For example, people fight for health, good jobs, and a good government. The people’s desires have been ignored for years since the involvement of corporations.It harms our democracy because we actually turn into an oligarchy , a government in which politicians don’t seem to care and help get what the people want because of money being spent. It’s evident that the U.S isn’t a democracy any more because we aren’t the ones influencing our political system. The aspect that the government is basically ruled by big corporations make the people have less access to create change in the political process because these wealthy corporations control our politicians. This relates to money having control on law creation because of lobbying. Lobbying allows people from companies to meet senators or other members. It runs our national government and harms us economically. We the people have the right to enact change by presenting and bills than can become laws. We have the rights to present a new and reversible amendment to prevent corporations from having the right to invest money on politics. In other words, presenting a law that will not allow corporations to have influence on getting lawmakers elected. Princeton researchers confirmed the disadvantage we have that the people have near-zero impact on public policy. It’s clear that the government isn’t as high in power because of corporations.

Nalleli Lujano

2/4/2016 10:58:37 am

I agree by the fact you said how corporations are use to influence people to vote for someone. This seems bias to me because many people's ideas aren’t heard. many want jobs, health benefits, and good government just like you stated it seems is not democracy no more because a democracy is where everyone's voices are heard to make a change.

Judith Preciado

2/4/2016 11:06:20 am

I agree with you sara. Since corporations have a lot of money then they are able to do all the fancy campaigns and that's how they are able to motivate and influence citizens to vote for them. I also agree that people's voices have been ignored. People´s voices have been ignored because they don't want to hear what the people have to say and not agree with them.

Kathy Maya

2/7/2016 09:02:34 pm

I agree with you Sara on what you said about the United States not being a democracy any longer. Ever since huge corporations came into power, we as the people have gotten our voices shut off. As I originally stated in my answer, we are only a democracy by tradition of the name. Other than that, we are not a democracy. That was lost when the government started letting corporations do what they want. That's when we lost our definition of democracy.

Jonathan Padilla

2/4/2016 10:37:39 am

Power is usually funded by money from the people to the big corporations to spend and make it go against the people. It is harming our democracy because the people really just give power but they don’t get nothing in return. Money is usually spent by those big corporations and they take advantage of their wealth to manipulate the people through the media. People’s ideals are crushed down into rubble by the corporations who oppose them and make it so that they get what they want.
The citizens have the right to vote and it is an important aspect of our government system. Compared to other government systems democracy is designed so that its by the people for the people. It is important to realize that in other countries some people don’t have the option to choosing who represents them since it is a more traditional government. The corporations are the ones who are pushing people from their own power. They are the ones who are buying, stealing, and bribing power for their own personal benefit. The goal of corporations is to make profit and using that profit to control the political process.
One of the disadvantages is that corporations fund the candidates and destroys the rival’s campaigns and career. The corporation control the politicians like puppets having them do what they want. They are the ones pulling the strings and deciding what gets done and what doesn’t. It’s hard for a single person to be held accountable since it’s a system in which many people work for a small group of powerful people. A benefit is that if people keep fighting on what they believe for they might just get what they want because they are the once who have the power. If it wasn’t for people having influence on the government many things would not be set in motion. We are a progressive country who is striving for an innovative and modern society.
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Jontae'

2/9/2016 11:20:12 am

Johnny I agree with you that money is a type of power and how it hurts our the people voice by having people run for them who don’t care about them but I wonder where did we get this idea that power is money that you must have money to have power?

Judith Preciado

2/4/2016 10:41:35 am

Money plays a huge role in law creation because corporations who have tons of money spend that money on telling the citizens who to vote for. Corporations can spend unlimited money in elections. This is harmful to our democracy because the corporations have too much power. Corporations also have too much influence and more than half of the citizens think that. Not only that but democracy is supposed to be ruled by the people not by corporations.

An aspect that can affirm access for average residents is by voting. By voting we are making our voices get heard but we can also do that by like protesting or making it out to the social media. An aspect that is negate access to political process is that the few people who have the power just make decision that the people don't even agree with or do unnecessary decisions.

The benefits of our current political system is our freedom of speech. Having freedom of speech lets our voices get heard. Another benefit is having the right to vote too. Some disadvantages of our current political system is that it runs like a oligarchy. The people who are politically powerful are because they have money. Also corporations are a big disadvantage because they have most of the power.

Paola Carrillo

2/4/2016 10:47:31 am

I do believe that voting is a big right that we have access to voting wise and I also agree that corporations are trying to take this right away but it is because we the people fail to go and vote in these elections to express our concern. We the people fail to keep up too date but it could be that we are only told what the government seems to think we should know

Alejandra Saavedra

2/4/2016 11:15:44 am

I agree that corporations have enough money that it is possible for them to influence the ones who have less money causing their voices to be silenced or taken away. I like how you stated the pros on voting and how that can be beneficial to the changes that are happening in our country. I agree that higher powers with more funding have more of an influence on the changes that happen. It kind of makes me think about if this democracy is really a democracy if we aren't really listening to what our people want but instead listen to what the bigger corporations are bribing us to do. But good job overall!

Jonathan Padilla

2/4/2016 11:22:08 am

I would like to add that the Koch brothers have spend a huge amount of money on Republican candidates. If we look at history mostly all their investments are on republicans. The only democratic candidate to recieve money from the Koch brothers in this years electives is Hillary Clinton. It is important to know who funds the candidates because the oil corporations could be the ones with the most evil intentions.

Estephany Garibaldi

2/7/2016 09:34:11 pm

I agree with you Judy, because yes as we live in a society in where democracy is a good thing, we have the freedom to express our voices and ok what we have to say. We have that privilege to speak out. But sometimes people who are more superior to us just don't like to hear what we have to say. They feel like our voices might get in their "political ideas."

Rigoberto Castillo

2/4/2016 10:48:14 am

I agree with you Judy Preciado, Corporations that have tons of money do really spend lots of money on telling citizens who to vote for. I also agree with you on how its harmful to our democracy because the corporations have too much power and that may lead to a lot of problems huh.

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