Letters to the Editor 8-6-15

We the people
EDITOR: I applaud Gabriel A. Fraire’s courage and his clear vision and writing in his column published 7-30-2015 – “The Rich Have a Plan.”  I agree with him.  They have been working that plan since at least the 1980s and it IS working!  We can see evidence of it in the growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots.  Our democracy has been sold and the Citizens United decision simply accelerates the process.We need a constitutional amendment to say. Money is not speech Corporations are not people.And we must vigilantly guard against efforts to restrict voting rights.If “We the People” do not rise up and reclaim our democracy, then we can lie down and accept that it has been sold to the highest bidder.  And we will have no one to blame but ourselves!
Marian McDonald
Sebastopol