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Politicians Increasingly Dancing With Billionaires Who Brung ‘Em

By Dave Johnson On February 24, 2012  

Our politicians are doing and saying increasingly incomprehensible things. The separation from regular people is unbelievable. But in politics you “dance with the one that brung ya,” and these things become comprehensible and believable when you look at who is bringing them to the dance.

The Supreme Court, in its conservative-movement-created wisdom, [...]

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Building the New Paradigm for Money in Politics

By Joe Brewer On March 16, 2011  

The single largest problem in American politics is corporate control of the democratic process. We have watched over the years as moneyed interests have built vast networks of think tanks, bought up and consolidated media, and increasingly gained influence over elections and policy-making.

At the heart of this problem is money. Those who have accumulated [...]

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