Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Nothing New but Still Disturbing

 Another good  book detailing the unbalanced influence of money in politics, mainly how the Koch brothers and other 'conservatives' have distorted facts to favor their corporate agendas. Of course 'liberals' spend too much too, which is why Bernie Sanders is advocating public financing for elections. Naturally, regardless of the laws money will still find its way behind closed doors as it does today under the guise of "non-profits"-which effectively hide the source donors of literally hundreds of millions of dollars. I have noticed a backlash by the public who sometimes vote contrary to the money, but the disproportionate lack of influence by the average person for determining what gets discussed publicly and thus influencing the agenda is obvious.

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