The League of Women Voters of Wayland presents: Money in Politics with Paul Lauenstein, Conservationist, Turned Activist

How can “we the people” reclaim our historic role in our government? The League of Women Voters of Wayland is sponsoring a forum on this topic on Feb. 9. Come to the Senior Center in the Town Building at 7:30 to hear Paul Lauenstein’s ideas on this topic of crucial importance for the future of our country. Mr. Lauenstein has been working with “We the People Massachusetts” since retiring from both business and public service. He wrote the following about his talk Living Up to Lincoln’s Vision:

In his immortal Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln wished that “this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” However, according to a 2014 study by political scientists from Princeton and Northwestern, we now live in an oligarchy controlled by corporations and billionaires. A series of Supreme Court decisions culminating in Citizens United v. FEC (2010) have opened the floodgates to money in politics, allowing an economic elite to pressure our politicians to serve their interests rather than those of the general public. How can “We the People” assert our constitutional sovereignty over powerful special interests, and live up to Lincoln’s vision of government that serves all the people?

Thursday, February 9, 7:30pm
Wayland Town Building
Senior Center

 

 

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