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Jack Jones writes for Democracy Chronicles from Chicago’s south suburbs where he grew up. He is a union electrician Local 134, certified minister from Berean University, AYSO board member and coach, basketball coach, Cub Scout leader, husband, father and social participant. Jack considers himself a gourmet junk food chef, political writer, musician and likes to contribute to the world around him. A former deacon and chaplain at Cook County Jail in Chicago, he feels that our out-of-control corporate, religious and political environment is to blame for many of the problems in the world today. Jack believes we need to get money out of politics and that the church should take care of people instead of trying to get hypocrites elected to public office.

The Time Is Now For Average Americans To Engage The 2020 Election

By Jack Jones - March 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

The 2020 national elections are right around the corner and you have much to offer: you opinions, your gifts and your talents. Please use them for the sake of this Republic as well as your families.

Elizabeth and Bernie: The Ticket I Would Vote For

By Jack Jones - February 25, 2019 2 Comments

I love Bernie Sanders. I also have a soft spot for Elizabeth Warren. I want them both and I want them both now. They would be better than the dynamic duo, power couple or gruesome twosome. They would be Elizabeth and Bernie!

Amazon Pays Nothing in Taxes, But the Poor Sure Do

By Jack Jones - February 18, 2019 6 Comments

The middle class and the poor need the tax breaks, not the Oligarchs at the top. There are property taxes, income taxes, alcohol taxes, license plate taxes, utility taxes, tobacco taxes, gasoline taxes and more.

Time’s Up America – Civil Disobedience Now

By Jack Jones - February 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

We have been acting like doormats and have been complacent to our corporate masters. Not only that but at least 30% of us seem to be even going long and think that we are on the right track! So why do we think that there’s going to be any change?

Beware the Pied Pipers of Politics

By Jack Jones - January 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

A good tagline is simple, effective and hypnotic if done properly, and it conveys a message that’s easy to remember with a minimal amount of words. How come the Republican Party is so good at the tagline?

I’ve Had it! Trump Nominee Barr is Against Marijuana Reform

By Jack Jones - January 17, 2019 2 Comments

How backwards and how ignorant must our country remain. I’m tired of the puritanical hypocrites still using the anti-marijuana card while trying to appear more godly than the other snakes in their brood!

Stuff We Believe: Keeping Sane in Trumpland

By Jack Jones - January 16, 2019 1 Comment

Ride through the south, even most of America, the channel is still today stuck on FOX News. Even in the McDonald’s that I visited in the Ozarks while on vacation with my family, they had FOX News on.

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death?

By Jack Jones - January 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

The revolutionary Patrick Henry who voiced this opinion in 1775 was the biggest slaveholder in the New World. He wanted freedom and liberty for himself but not for the slaves who made him his fortune.

Consequences: A Country Gets the President it Deserves

By Jack Jones - December 28, 2018 Leave a Comment

I’ve heard it said, that a country gets the president it deserves. Does that count if that person cheated to gain power? It seems amazing that many Republican voters still support Trump. What are they thinking?

Citizens United: A Battle of Money vs Democracy

By Jack Jones - December 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

It is time to demand change and this begins with staging mass protests against the Citizens United decision and the system of election campaign financing in America. Our freedoms and our rights hang in the balance.

The Time Is Now For Average Americans To Engage The 2020 Election

The 2020 national elections are right around the corner and you have much to offer: you opinions, your gifts and your talents. Please use them for the sake of this Republic as well as your families.

Thoughts on Corporate Personhood

In looking for sense in the modern world, we must not overlook the fact that, whatever the judicial rationale supporting the decision that corporations are persons, corporations are not human.

Is Algeria Turning Green or Staying Red?

By David Anderson, J.D.

Algeria has long been a gangster state so now these angry youngsters have taken to the streets in large numbers. Most of the population is very poor, half are under 30 and 29% are unemployed.

Listening to the Voices of Our Farmers: Preview

By Lynn S. Kahn, Ph.D.

Dairy farming is the perfect microcosm for all the ways big money and bad policy is destroying local control of our food supply, devastating rural economies and filling us up with chemically enhanced products.

Instant Pairwise Elimination Voting Brings Fairness And Better Candidates

By Richard Fobes

We, the voters, are frustrated! Until this reform occurs, the people who give the biggest campaign contributions can rather easily pass the corrupt laws they want. And they can continue to block the solutions that most voters want.

Buggered in the Balkans: Russia’s Latest Antics

By David Anderson, J.D.

Ethnic tribalism and the poison of religion with its magical fairy tales are the weak links where malevolent actors like Russia can manipulate and damage democracy – even in a modern European context like Serbia.

Thoughts on Government

There are three flaws in our government: the way we maintain our laws, the way we tax, and the way we select our representatives. Until we improve, we cannot sunset bad laws or improve the way we tax.

The Disability Party Proposes a Constitutional Amendment

By Andrew Straw

Disability Party believes the Constitution needs to be amended to reform some major problems with the federal courts and federal judges. These problems are being used to block disability rights.

Taiwan Nearly Cured of Traditional Chinese Medicine

By David Anderson, J.D.

Taiwan’s democracy, established in the 1980s, is firm, successful and arguably the most advanced in East Asia. So it is no surprise they are making a well-considered move in public health.

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