Hi, fellow MoveOn member,
It's Ben & Jerry, the ice cream guys. We wish we were writing to you about something delicious (like ice cream). But instead, we're writing about a big problem that leaves a foul taste in our mouths: money in politics.
More money than ever is flooding into politics in the age of Donald Trump. While Trump distracts us with his latest scandals and tweets, the richest 1%, corporations, and their lobbyists are more influential than ever behind the scenes in getting their way on the issues and buying our elections—while pushing the rest of us to the sidelines.
So what do we do about it? One word: RESIST. This time by stamping (and then spending) dollar bills with a simple message: "Resist Money in Politics—Amend the Constitution." (It's perfectly legal.)
It was Abraham Lincoln who said, "Public opinion is everything. Without it nothing can succeed. With it nothing can fail."
Stamping every single paper bill that you spend is a powerful way to get our resistance message against Donald Trump and the broken Congress out there.
Stamping money out of politics is one of the most important causes that the resistance can fight for. That's why one lucky stamper will win a year's supply of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.
Because whether you care about affordable, accessible health care, the climate, closing private prisons, reducing military spending, or making an economy that works for everyone—not just the rich guys—there's one theme that connects all these fights: Big Money vs. the rest of us.
Each stamped bill will be seen an average of 875 times while it's in circulation, so taking a few minutes a day to stamp the money in your wallet is a lot of "bang for your buck!" As your bills circulate, so will your message about reclaiming our democracy.
And while you're taking action individually, you're helping MoveOn's collective actions to take our democracy back—which is key if we're going to overpower the Big Money that wants to keep buying and selling our political system.
With what we're facing from Washington and corporate media these days, we'll have to use every tool we have to get our resistance message out there.
Let's get stamping!
—Ben & Jerry
P.S. Here's a picture of what a dollar bill looks like after you stamp it! Cool, right?
Want to support MoveOn's work without getting a stamp? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn?
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No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter to win. Void where prohibited. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. on July 15, 2017. You may enter by making a donation here. Alternatively, you can enter without making a donation. One winner will receive the following prize package: 52 pints of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (approximate retail value: $234). Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Promotion open to all U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia and 18 or older (or of majority under applicable law). Promotion subject to Official Rules and additional restrictions on eligibility. Sponsor: MoveOn.org Civic Action, 1442 Walnut Street #358, Berkeley, CA 94709.
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