People power vs. big money power

ActBlue is a fund-raising organization for liberal/progressive causes.   For example, it's raising money for Elizabeth Warren.   A fund-raising email from them today struck me as so defining of the way I think about the differences between the Dem and Repub parties that it's worth reprinting here.

"Money hidden away in the Cayman Islands? Swiss bank accounts? $5 million checks from casino moguls? 13.9% tax rates? The headlines from the GOP primaries just keep coming, and they paint a picture of a world that's very different from the one you and I know. Republicans practice a politics of deep pockets, where millionaire candidates make nice with billionaire donors, then tell America with a straight face that taxes on the ultra-rich are too high.

"At ActBlue, we're teaching Democrats a different way to do business.  In a few short months, Elizabeth Warren has received 82,000 donations through ActBlue, totaling $4 million. Hundreds of thousands of people donated to last year's Wisconsin recall campaigns, and a million more have signed up to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2012. It's people power, plain and simple.

"And it's growing."

Let's keep it growing and expanding -- not just ActBlue but the whole egalitarian and compassionate spirit of the Democratic Party.   Not that we don't also have a few wealthy fat cats and deep pockets of our own -- but all in all there's no doubt which is the party of the wealthy and which is the party of the people.

Ralph