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Political Corruption Enhances the Influence of the One Percent

By Patrick   Follow   Wed, 11 Jul 2012, 8:45am   210 views   3 comments
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1. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   1   10:14am Wed 11 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Should this thread get moved to the politics forum? It might get more responses there.

2. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,188 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   2   10:21am Wed 11 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Yes, good point. Now it's in the politics forum.

3. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   3   10:40am Wed 11 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   That looks like an interesting site. I'll check it out when I have more time. At this point, the problem is pretty well understood: too much money buying our politicians. McCain-Feingold was supposed to bring some reform, but it apparently did not work. I don't know much about Mc-F. Did it "not go far enough"? Was it "too easily gamed"?