Republicans and Democrats agree on the ills of money in politics

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Republicans and Democrats agree on the ills of money in politics

By Robert Reich

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Robert-Reich/2015/1109/Republicans-and-Democrats-agree-on-the-ills-of-money-in-politics

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But something odd happened. It turned out that many of the conservative Republicans and Tea Partiers I met agreed with much of what I had to say, and I agreed with them.

For example, most condemned what they called “crony capitalism,” by which they mean big corporations getting sweetheart deals from the government because of lobbying and campaign contributions.

I met with group of small farmers in Missouri who were livid about growth of “factory farms” owned and run by big corporations, that abused land and cattle, damaged the environment, and ultimately harmed consumers.

They claimed giant food processors were using their monopoly power to squeeze the farmers dry, and the government was doing squat about it because of Big Agriculture’s money.



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[daleanime]

1. Then maybe those people shouldn't support politicians....

who take brib...I mean donations.