Hi there, one of the fundamental issues is that people don't understand the economics of the issues involved, and this includes housing. As a business educator, I see fundamental misunderstandings every day on how housing issues work, and see a lot of systemic regulatory issues that could help our housing supply that are not being addressed by democratic leaders because they are afraid of political fallout from special interests. I think legislatively addressing Citizens United *must* be prioritized by all candidates in order to make a true abundance platform feasible. For example, making laws preventing payments for MN political races by people outside the state of MN would be a start. Also, legal challenges to the Citizens United ruling on the grounds that it creates taxation without representation or other grounds need to be considered.
I think that's a good point about Citizens United. If I was in Congress I'd author work to overturn it! I think also broadly increasing participation in our system makes more sense, eliminating the caucus system (or significantly revamp it to make it accessible) would decrease influence of any single group or issue, likely creating better outcomes from our policy makers.
Hi there, one of the fundamental issues is that people don't understand the economics of the issues involved, and this includes housing. As a business educator, I see fundamental misunderstandings every day on how housing issues work, and see a lot of systemic regulatory issues that could help our housing supply that are not being addressed by democratic leaders because they are afraid of political fallout from special interests. I think legislatively addressing Citizens United *must* be prioritized by all candidates in order to make a true abundance platform feasible. For example, making laws preventing payments for MN political races by people outside the state of MN would be a start. Also, legal challenges to the Citizens United ruling on the grounds that it creates taxation without representation or other grounds need to be considered.
I think that's a good point about Citizens United. If I was in Congress I'd author work to overturn it! I think also broadly increasing participation in our system makes more sense, eliminating the caucus system (or significantly revamp it to make it accessible) would decrease influence of any single group or issue, likely creating better outcomes from our policy makers.