Stacked Deck: How the Racial Bias in Our Big Money Political System Undermines Our Democracy and Our Economy

Private prison and imprisonment During the past three decades, the imprisonment rate in the US has risen by 500%, and our country has too many people with strong color in prisons and prisons. Although the crime rate has declined, more people are sentenced to be sentenced to longer sentences, the revenues of the private prison industry are growing.

Crisis of subprime mortgage. The crisis of subprime mortgage crisis is particularly difficult to fight with colored people, as discriminatory lending practices are prevalent. Banks and other mortgage companies are doing political contributions of millions of dollars and lobbying to ease and avoid consumer-friendly regulations, leading to the loss of wealth in the history of the United States.

Minimum wage The federal minimum wage is stagnant and has lost its real value in the past few decades. Raising wages up to $ 10.10 per hour would raise more than 5 million colored personnel for the poor, but Congress overrides the policies preferred by the rich.

Pay sick leave. The United States is one of the only prosperous democracy that does not provide all employees with a minimum wage sick leave, improves public health and benefits Latin workers. The Connecticut Legislature incorporates advice on paid vacation until we have passed the "fair election" system, which allows states to run for public office without relying on wealthy donors or special interests. After this change, Connecticut became the first state in the country to guarantee paid illness vacation.

Minnesota's voting rights. Minnesota TakeAction recently showed how colored community organizations can help limit violation restrictions. Now, as they turn to expand the franchise of those who were previously imprisoned, TakeAction and its allies linked money with money, breaking down the silo and over the years of a strategy of continuing to build a more equitable campaign I am building. Inclusive democracy

The role of money in politics also impairs racial equality. Due to unfair funds to the political system, people in color are not properly representing the elected officials. At county, state, and federal levels, white people account for 90% of the elected leaders. In addition, men accounted for 71% of officials elected by the election, but 51 were voters 28. President of the demonstration Heather McGhee wrote as follows. Americans and Americans are unable to win a policy to improve the community due to issues such as equitable loans and criminal justice. 29 Unconditional and unlimited huge money in the political system hinders leading the democracy to the finest and brightest people. Main obstacles Our diversity

As Demos outlined in our basic report: stacked decks: how the wealth and commercialism political superiority weakened the economic liquidity of the United States? As private interests have a greater impact on public policy, more and more funds form elections and policy-making processes. Also, our political system is slow to respond to people who want to improve their lives and develop for the future. This is because the interests of wealthy people concentrate on problems that other Americans do not like, as opposed to policies that promote upward migration of low-income citizens, such as raising minimum wages.

Last week, we saw that our ideals of democracy were endorsed by the court system and were damaged by our own political process. On Tuesday, January 9, the judge in the northern part of California ordered the Department of Homeland Security to continue postponing the child arrival postponement action plan after the end of DACA announced on September 5, 2017. Judge's order is the victory of the majority of Americans who support the rights of dreamers. In contrast to this victory, we saw the collapse of a compromise between the two. It will ensure the future of the dreamer.