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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Screwed
The existing political system...actually subsidizes the political expression of those who already enjoy the advantage in resources. This subsidy is embedded in the federal tax code in the form of allowable tax deductions for activities that are really self-interested political expression tax breaks that, practically speaking, are only available to corporations and people with substantial surplus wealth. . . . An auto company deducts the cost of flying its executives into Washington to lobby senators on the clean-air bill. An ordinary citizen has to pay his own way.
-- William Greider, Who Will Tell The People

posted by LoZo 11:09 AM