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Group Wants Government Finance Changes
A Galesburg group is urging for the passage of a resolution one of its representatives says will help average working people.

Jerry Ryberg, who's been involved with the "Occupy Galesburg" group in the past, urged the Galesburg City Council Monday night to pass a resolution urging local lawmakers to essentially overturn a 2010 Supreme Court decision against the group Citizens United that struck down federal limits on political campaign spending by unions and corporations.

Ryberg says such rules have led to what he calls corporate control of Congress.

"Control of congress by the wealthy has given us bad trade rules, bad banking rules and bad tax law, bringing the extraction of many billions of dollars to the United States," Ryberg said. "Until we get big money out of politics, we will never be able to responsibly address the major issues facing American families."

Ryberg says he'd like to see a Constitutional amendment not allowing the same free speech rights for corporations that everyday people have.

He says New York, Los Angeles, and other bigger cities have approved such resolutions. If Galesburg did so, alluding to a recent incident that made worldwide headlines, Ryberg said it would bring "the good kind" of publicity back to the city.
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