July 10, 2012

Political Corruption Enhances the Influence of the One Percent

The Atlantic: Big Campaign Spending: Government by the 1% Here’s what we must come to see: America has lost the capacity to govern. On a wide range of critical issues — from global warming to tax reform, from effective financial regulation to real health-care change, from the deficit to defense spending — we have lost
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July 9, 2012

Lunchtime Money in Politics Links: July 8, 2012

Mitt Romney Koch fundraiser

The Washington Post: Romney outraised Obama in June, $106 million to $71 million (Important to note that these totals don’t include funds raised and spent by outside groups like super PACs!) New York Times: Democrats to Ask for Curbs on Donor-Shielding Groups The Democratic Party’s Senate campaign arm will file a formal complaint on Monday with
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