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j546
4744 days ago
Do you really think getting 100K signatures is going to make a difference?
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adrr
4744 days ago
Better off geting 100k people to donate $10 and use that $1m to lobby congress.
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hobs
4744 days ago
Yuuuuup. Getting a specific person elected or a specific person threatened in their district is actually what would start working. Political change comes through money, and the reason is because money can effectively buy votes.
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SCAQTony
4744 days ago
This is what we have come too: Protection money to Congress reps and Senators. Pay us and we will serve you.
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pgrote
4744 days ago
I don't think so, but it reached the threshold requiring a response from the White House.
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LoganCale
4744 days ago
The Aaron Swartz petition has never even gotten a non-response response.
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knowaveragejoe
4744 days ago
To be fair, that's quite typical of the petitions.
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97s
4744 days ago
Is 100K really the threshold for the government to respond? It seems like such a minor number.
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deletes
4744 days ago
Maybe a response similar to SOPA, should be started.
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