In this article at Alternet, [1] Bill Moyers describes the problem and then names and describes those hyper-wealthy individuals who are funding some of America’s biggest PACs. The U.S. Supreme Court calls it “freedom of speech” when people with enormous amounts of money brainwash and silence ordinary citizens with piles of money rather than with the quality of their ideas.
[T]he results are in and our elections have replaced horse racing as the sport of kings. Only these kings aren’t your everyday poobahs and potentates. These kings are multi-billionaire, corporate moguls who by the divine right, not of God, but the United States Supreme Court and its Citizens United decision, are now buying politicians like so much pricey horseflesh. All that money pouring into super PACs, much of it from secret sources: merely an investment, should their horse pay off in November, in the best government money can buy.
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