race to the bottom where we don t pay the rich don t pay taxes in this country and the rich run the campaigns. i think we should have debates between the super pac donors. what s the point of having the candidates? we need to know more about their views than we do about the candidates. they re running the show, it seems. and both parties end up in the same place. they end up supporting cuts in the corporate taxes. they end up supporting further gutting of the tax system, and it s bipartisan affair. you know, one of the largest problems that comes from stuff like this, a couple of them. one, no one with any common sense is going to want to run for public office because you have to spend 90% of your day raising money begging for money. you look at the president, over $100 million and romney over $60 million and i sit there going, what rational person would put themselves through that? you know, when i ran, i think the most i ran maybe one cycle i
successful house candidate is $1.4 million. that number has quadrupled since 1976. jimmy, want to get you in on this. i watch you and dylan rhadigan 4:00 msnbc. get the money out. you guys have been big on that message. you ve read this the washington post piece. not just about the income disparity. right. but about the money and politics. a million and a half bucks for an average house race. what do we do to change the game? think about it like this. a smart member of congress, they wake up, go to a breakfast fundraiser. that is an hour. then they go to the committee hearing. who is there? the same lobbyist at the breakfast. then they go to lunch, a fundraiser. more lobbyist. i used to be a lobbyist for full disclosure. then another committee hearing. same lobbyist. then they go to a cocktail party. that s a fundraiser. they go to a dinner. that s a fundraiser. they just spent 75% of their legislative day raising money and about 25% of the day