The plan falls short of stamping money out of politics, but it represents a step in the right direction. As the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan once said, “What the people want is very simple — they want an America as good as its word.” We want our elected officials to fix our broken democracy and get big money out of politics once and for all. If New York’s representatives aren’t willing to confront the problem directly, they need to be prepared to accept the commission’s final plan to achieve much-needed reform. The commission, meanwhile, needs to create a system that works to the benefit of all New Yorkers, not one that will perpetuate the status quo.