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To: Blasher who wrote (755846)	12/3/2013 4:37:04 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576882

Wealth is not concentrated Of course it is.......where in the world is wealth distributed? Every hear of the 1%??

To: Blasher who wrote (755846)	12/3/2013 7:39:33 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By Blasher Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1576882

Wealth and power are two different and unrelated things . . . It depends. When dollars are considered speech, that means wealth can talk louder than others. And that gives wealth power. When wealth can be used to hire lobbyists who can use their contacts in government to allow them to write legislation that affects their clients, that too gives wealth power. Wealth and power can only be separated when wealth cannot influence the political process. That isn't the system we have now. Our system is driven by money and that means wealth wields an enormous amount of power.