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To: RetiredNow who wrote (540476)1/4/2010 12:02:22 PM
From: SilentZ  Respond to of 1573732
 
>I'm certainly not fine with that. It is exactly what we have in Congress as well. Money talks. The rest of us don't get a voice.

Most of the Dems that I heavily support are the ones that receive the least in corporate funding...

-Z



To: RetiredNow who wrote (540476)1/4/2010 12:30:07 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573732
 
"It is exactly what we have in Congress as well. Money talks. The rest of us don't get a voice."

Sure. It is the single biggest problem that faces us. Even when some in Congress try to address it, they get their legs cut from under them. In the past, the Democrats have been slightly more amenable to campaign reform than the Republicans. But, now that the Democrats in general seem to have an edge in fund raising, that will probably change...