The Founders Versus the Funders

progressive.org — The problem in America’s democracy that Citizens United has come to represent can be simply stated: The People have lost faith in their government. They have lost the faith that their government is responsive to them because they have become convinced that their government is more responsive to those who fund your campaigns. As all of you, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike, find yourselves forced into a cycle of perpetual fundraising — spending anywhere between 30 percent and 70 percent of your time raising money to get back into office or to get your party back into power — you become, or at least most Americans believe you become, responsive to the will of “the Funders.” But “the Funders” are not “the People.”

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