A Respectful Suggestion for Tom Steyer

Tom, it looks like you got about 1% of the vote in Iowa.  

We appreciate your sincerity, and the fact you have worked hard to forward intelligent public policy for decades.  But you don't have the personality to be President.  These days having a celebrity personality is far more important than actually being able to solve problems - witness the current incumbent.

You could do a lot more long term good for our democracy if you stopped running for President and started spending that money to push some Constitutional amendments to bring our Constitution into the 21st century.

For starters, amending the first amendment to clarify that organizations created by law for business purposes, and granting limited liability protection to the owners, are creatures of law, not people entitled to free speech rights.  Maybe with corporate money out of the equation we could make progress on dealing with climate change.

Then perhaps amending the Constitution to clarify that states have the right to regulate deadly weapons within their state, not the Federal government.  Then Montana could have all the guns they want, while urban states could protect their populations.  Take a huge issue away from those who distract people with talk about "their taking away our guns" while they line their corporate pockets with Federal deficit spending money.

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