COMMONS MAGAZINE
Politics and Government Just as government is needed to help markets function efficiently and fairly, government is also necessary to facilitate a thriving commons – through regulatory oversight, access mandates, taxes and due process. Yet a key point of the commons movement is that government is not the sole means for fulfilling the aspirations of “we the people.”
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A screen shot from the movie Norma Rae.
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Bernie Sanders speaking in Des Moines. (Photo by Phil Roeder under a Creative Commons license)
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Many major companies pay CEOs more than they do Uncle Sam
A commons belonging to all, not a resource for a few
Big Money warps the democratic process. Is the answer mandatory voting?
