TELEVOTERS ACT
by Peter Moss

Today's multinational corporations dominate the world, an unintended result of corruption. Corporations were intended only for making and distributing widgets. For some years now, corporations make national and world policy in the areas of economics, politics, labor, trade, health, safety, and the environment. These areas are exclusively the legitimate domain for governments of, by and for the people. Corporate policy making is wholly illegitimate (even when legalized), hence the name corpobastards.

To return policy making to government of, by and for the people, it will help to recall how corpobastardization came about. In 1926, then Senator William E. Borah of Idaho said: "Money has come to be the moving power in American politics ... Some years ago, politicians got into the habit of seeking contributions from men of great wealth ... it was inevitable, if large sums were to be given, that large sums would have to be returned in some way. Hence, money and politicians joined forces, and money has its say in shaping legislation and in administering the laws of the country ... It is a fearful national evil and will in the end, if not controlled, destroy the government of the people and substitute therefor, a government of the few -- the few who have sufficient money to buy the government." [p.71 in "If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates" by Jim Hightower, © 2000]. Senator Borah's prediction has come to roost, with a vengeance.

No area of public life is in more urgent need of legitimization than the corporate media which have become a propaganda business in bed with the U.S. regime. If elected, I will introduce remedial legislation to be known as the Televoter Act:

"The Congress finds that all corporate media have become a propaganda arm of the U.S. regime. Invariably favorable presidential approval ratings are issued by some newspaper, network news, or conservative think tank every day. This manipulation precludes dissemination of the truth and public will in the public interest.

Beginning with the effective date of this act, every television set manufactured in, or imported into, the United States of America shall have a remote control with three new buttons: "vote", "yes", and "no". When the "v" button is pushed, the screen will display a voting home page (VHP) which will pose a question that can be answered "yes" or "no" unequivocally. Before voting, the voter must enter his Social Security number followed by a four digit PIN (personal identification number) selected by the voter, to preclude unregistered voters and multiple votes by a registered voter. At the bottom, the VHP will display continuously up-to-the-minute yes votes and no votes in digital form, and the percentage of yes votes and no votes in analog form, once based on the total number of registered voters, and once based on the estimated total number of registered and potential (or registrable) voters.

All such votes shall be treated as non-binding referenda. Any voter may pose any question of national significance, by calling a toll- free number (displayed on the VHP), or by mail, e-mail or any other practical means. The system operators will edit and consolidate questions to eliminate duplication and ambiguity, but shall not censor or eliminate legitimate questions under penalty of Title 18, U.S.C.

There is hereby established a Televoters Commission (TVC) to implement the provisions of this act. No person with past or present corporate media or media corporation connection or bias shall be eligible to serve on the TVC.

The TVC is hereby authorized to appropriate all of the funds reasonably necessary for the implementation of this act, from the Defense Department's budget since this act will pre-empt and prevent mindless and purposeless future war costs.

The TVC shall be answerable only to the televoters, not to any existing, established or future official, authority or other body.