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'Drowning' Our Democracy - US Billionaires Have Pumped Nearly $900,000,000 Into Midterms

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Would billionaires spend millions to influence your vote if it had no value?

Would billionaires spend millions to influence your vote if it had no value?
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"Billionaires represent 0.000002% of the American population, but they're responsible for 7.4% of all political donations so far this cycle," according to Americans for Tax Fairness.

Money talks when it comes to influencing candidates and winning elections, and the loudest voices by far are billionaires..

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Lance Ciepiela is a retired senior who had an interesting career in government service - a United States Marine Corps (USMC) Vietnam-Era veteran, who became interested in restoring the Constitution after I realized that W Bush had attacked (more...)

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