Bill Moyers: Money in Politics: Where Is the Outrage? We might wish the uproar from the convention halls of both parties these busy weeks were the wholesome clamor of delegates deliberating serious visions of how we should be governed for the next four years.
It rises instead from scripted TV spectacles -- grown-ups doing somersaults of make-believe -- that will once again distract the public's attention from the death rattle of American democracy brought on by an overdose of campaign cash. No serious proposal to take the money out of politics, or even reduce its tightening grip on the body politic, will emerge from Tampa or Charlotte, so the sounds of celebration and merriment are merely prelude to a funeral cortege for America as a shared experience.
A radical minority of the superrich has gained ascendency over politics, buying the policies, laws, tax breaks, subsidies, and rules that consolidate a permanent state of vast inequality by which they can further help themselves to America's wealth and resources. FCC commissioner Meredith Baker to join Comcast-NBC - Post Tech. Posted at 11:45 AM ET, 05/12/2011 May 12, 2011 03:45 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost.
Koch Companies Have Received Almost $100 Million In Government Contracts. David and Charles Koch, owners of the oil conglomerate Koch Industries, are among the most influential players in the conservative movement.
The brothers have spent millions of dollars funding right-wing organizations, such as Americans for Prosperity and the Cato Institute, that rail against the government. Nonetheless, according to recent data, Koch-affiliated companies have received nearly $100 million in government contracts since 2000. Koch Industries Koch Industries Has Received Nearly $500,000 In Government Contracts.
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