Copyrighted Image? DMCA | When Zephyr Teachout launched her insurgent campaign to unseat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) last year, she was a little-known law professor at Fordham University with the backing of a handful of New York unions. Her message -- that the country's political system is rigged in favor of big banks, corporations and the wealthy at the expense of ordinary citizens -- reflected the sentiment of a growing number of Americans.Her argument : Right now, the American economy is controlled by a fairly small number of mega-corporations. Those with great economic power hold corresponding amounts of political power. They exercise this power through lobbying, campaign donations, and public and private pressure. Consolidated economic power thus leads to consolidated political power and squeezes the options available to public policy makers."The Supreme Court is totally out of reach" |
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