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Tue Mar 25, 2014, 07:59 AM Mar 2014

Bill Moyers: Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections?


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Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections?
March 21, 2014


In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is expected to issue another big decision on campaign finance, one that could further open the floodgates to unfettered and anonymous contributions, just as the Citizens United case did four years ago.

This week Bill speaks with investigative journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll about the role of dark money — and the wealthy donors behind it — in this year’s midterm elections.

Already, three times as much money has been raised for this year’s elections as four years ago, when the Citizens United decision was announced. “This is the era of the empowered ‘one percenter’. They’re taking action and they’re becoming the new, headline players in this political system,” Kroll tells Moyers. Kim Barker adds, “People want influence. It’s a question of whether we’re going to allow it to happen, especially if we’re going to allow it to happen and nobody even knows who the influencers are.” ............................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://billmoyers.com/episode/whos-buying-our-midterm-elections/



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