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3. This is what happens when the wealthy are allowed to contribute unlimited sums of many to

Reply to onethatcares (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:43 PM

Aug 2012

elected officials.

Is the same attention paid to your voice as that of JP Morgan Chase and other giant financial institutions? I think the record speaks for itself, and the answer is NO. The Citizens United decision and other USSC decisions have shifted the discourse in this country way to the right. When money is considered a form of speech, then the wealthy have much more access to speech than we have, and result is that both parties try to please the wealthy much more than is healthy for a democracy.

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The Takeover of our Democracy and our Economy by Wall Street [View all] Time for change Aug 2012 OP

Big piles of money, often 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation money.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #1

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some of it goes back even further. for example, the duponts came here in 1802, with capital, HiPointDem Aug 2012 #20

I'm just pissed about onethatcares Aug 2012 #2

This is what happens when the wealthy are allowed to contribute unlimited sums of many to Time for change Aug 2012 #3

Great post. But we will probably never be able to take our country back from the 1%. Zorra Aug 2012 #4

Thank you. I pretty much agree with you - Time for change Aug 2012 #5

I really hope we get there before the tipping point, also, Time for Change. Zorra Aug 2012 #6

Very good post and completely realistic about the whole depressing situation. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #21

It's a new to meaning to Buy America DemReadingDU Aug 2012 #7

I think there is a lot of truth in the idea that few people seem to care because Time for change Aug 2012 #8

True that, if it is not on TV, then it must not be important DemReadingDU Aug 2012 #9

K&R. Well said. I had hoped impeachment of Bush & Cheney in 2006 would be a tipping point. Overseas Aug 2012 #15

K&R woo me with science Aug 2012 #11

Big Money turned New Deal into today's Raw Deal... Octafish Aug 2012 #12

Thank you Octafish. Your use of the term referee reminds me of our Supreme Court Time for change Aug 2012 #13

Yes please. I'd love to see them impeached too. Overseas Aug 2012 #17

Thanks for another excellent post. hay rick Aug 2012 #14

Thank you -- Those truly are shocking statistics Time for change Aug 2012 #18

K&R. Thank you for the excellent summary. Overseas Aug 2012 #16

kr HiPointDem Aug 2012 #19