Online “Money talks” advocacy would automate the current positive feedback process which has aggravated economic inequality over the last few decades.

Concentrated wealth has been buying political access and influence, and helps elect politicians whose broad policies favor the rich in general, even without direct bribery. Some examples are: shifts of tax burdens from the rich to the middle class and working poor, deregulation of telecom mergers and financial speculation , pro-corporate trade agreements like NAFTA, and multi-billion dollar subsidies to corporations like Exxon-Mobil which are already making record profits.

Concentrated wealth already dominates the private sector. Democratizing government requires freeing public officials from dependence on private money, by full public finanacing of campaigns, and guaranteeing candidates equal access to broadcast media.

But at least you are thinking about opening up the political process to public participation, which is not bad for a “14 kid”!

and I agree with the other posters who would have preferred to read the entire text of the declaration, rather than having it in the center of the page imitating a pamphlet…..

@Justin, cool idea. Yes, we should be democratizing lobbying. And I like the idea of contingent incentives. But a similar idea was raised at a blogger meeting after this keynote, and someone worried it would be a kind of bribe.