I hear so many people complain about our two-party system, how it only works for special interests with deep pockets.

Republicans are tired of the right wing being too left, and the Democrats ignore what they promised in their campaigns.

In recent times a great example is healthcare. The only winner in this battle was the deep pocketed healthcare industry, by a landslide!

It is time for a new party to start. I would like to call it the American Labor Party. I think it should operate on a platform that refuses to accept any special interest money: no PAC money, no union money, no corporate donations.

Only financial support from working Americans. Is this a pipe dream? I believe it is possible, and now is the time.

What do you think?

— John Green, Garden Grove

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