[GPSCC-chat] Jimmy Carter on governmental corruption by Big Money

[Brian]

Now it’s just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being the
 essence of getting the nominations
for president or to elect the 
president. And the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and
 
congress members. So now we’ve just seen a complete subversion of our 
political system as a payoff to 
major contributors, who want and expect 
and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election’s 
over. … 

… the incumbents, Democrats and Republicans, look upon this unlimited
 money as a great benefit to 
themselves because somebody who’s already 
in Congress has a lot more to sell to an avid contributor 
than somebody 
who’s just a challenger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsPWmioSHg


 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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