Ag-Gag Laws Silence Whistleblowers | Eye on ALEC. Do Atheists believe in soulmates (in general)? Welcome To RoseanneWorld.com! Moyers & Company. How Big Money Bought Our Democracy, Corrupted Both Parties, and Set Us Up for Another Financial Crisis. Photo Credit: Moyers & Company January 22, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. "Crony capitalism is about the aggressive and proactive use of political resources, lobbying, campaign contributions, influence-peddling of one type or another to gain something from the governmental process that wouldn't otherwise be achievable in the market.
Those are the words of former budget director for President Reagan, talking to Bill Moyers in this week's episode of Moyers & Company. “As a result,” Stockman says, “we have neither capitalism nor democracy. He names names--Larry Summers and Tim Geithner, General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt, and more--who are deeply involved still in the Obama administration. Moyers also talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times business and finance reporter Gretchen Morgenson, who tells him, "You and I don't have a lobbyist and so we are not represented in this melee. " Watch the full episode below.