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US democracy: The power of money (aljazeera)
"It's not even that a candidate is spending 30 or 40 per cent of his time raising money. It's that he's spending 30 or 40 or 50 or in some congressional contexts up to 70 per cent of their time raising money from the tiniest slice of the one per cent. Meaning they can't help but become especially sensitive to the needs or desires ... of the one per cent, and increasingly oblivious to the needs or concerns of the rest of the public."
- Professor Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University
- Professor Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Much MORE:
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/empire/2012/09/20129127525392941.html
