Coffee Party Video: Lawrence Lessig Says “Clean Up Wall Street & K Street”

Nice job by Laurence Lessig and the Coffee Party Movement.

…The financial system has been so mismanaged, because Congress is terrified that if they do the right thing they will be punished by the very people they are trying to regulate. And that’s why it is so critical right now, for people across the country, whether from the left or the right, to push extraordinarily hard to achieve two critical reforms.  Number one, a reform of the banking system, so that these people don’t have the power to blackmail our Congress into giving them the special deals that they want. And number two, a reform of campaign financing, so that people cannot use their extraordinarily powerful wealth and influence to affect and hold hostage our Congress. These are critical reforms and we need them right now…