How Much Does it Cost to Win an Election? [View all]

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"What if members of Congress were seated not by party but according to their major business sponsors? We gave it a try—and then kept crunching the numbers to find the top 75 corporate spenders of all time, this year's most loaded candidates, Capitol Hill's BP caucus, and much more."*

Politicians need to raise certain huge amounts of money to win senate and congressional seats- millions. How are they able to do this? By promising to serve corporations over people. Is there any way to fix the system, to make citizen interests more important than corporate interests? Cenk Uygur explains the way to end the cycle of bribery, is to get money out of politics.

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* http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/incumbent-campaign-fundraising-advantage-congress

(From the March 12 Young Turks show)