Our political system has been taken over by greed.

[kimbutgar]

[elleng]

1. Yes.

[2naSalit]

2. They've been

working on reaching this critical mass sort of point for decades, guess we're there now.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Yep. Since at least 1980 and "Reaganomics."

[Thinkingabout]

3. Yes lots of greed on all sides. It us gimme, gimme, gimme and take until there

Isn't anything left.

[ificandream]

4. No kidding

And we could use some politicians with backbones to fix it.

[bigwillq]

5. Yes, it has.

We need to take the money out of politics, on both sides. Until we do, our votes are bought and paid for, even in blue states. I think outside groups spent 8 mill to reelect Gov Dan Malloy in CT and about 7 mill to elect challenger Tom Foley.

Disgusting.

[father founding]

7. Loser not winner

What was Foley elected to ?

[bigwillq]

8. He wasn't.

"I think outside groups spent 8 mill to reelect Gov Dan Malloy in CT and about 7 mill to elect challenger Tom Foley."

This means they spent 8 mill to try to reelect Malloy and 7 mill to try to elect Foley.

[MatthewStLouis]

9. Yes. Most of our lawmakers and many in the judiciary are plutocrats now.