foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. at the state of the union speech, there s always more than meets the eye. just out of sight is the reality of how we are governed. the house of representatives, where congress gathers to hear the president, used to be known as the people s house. but mo
came from just 159 people. and the top 32 super pac donors gave an average of $9.9 million dollars. think how many teachers that much money could hire. we ll never actually know where all of the money comes from. one-third of the billion dollars from outside groups was dark money, secret funds anonymously funneled through fictional social welfare organizations. those are front groups, created to launder the money inside the deep pockets. and don t let anyone ever tell you the money didn t make a difference. more than 80% of house candidates and 2/3 of senate candidates who outspent their general election opponents won, and were present and counted as the new congress prepared to hear the president. remember, money doesn t necessarily corrupt legislators, but it certainly tilts them. members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. so let s share some snapshots from the state of the union. that s
this week on moyers & company money will find a way into politics. money doesn t talk, it swears. so we re trying to turn down the ability of money to control things. for our democracy we cannot rely on disagreements among rich people. and there s something about poetry that saves me. there s something about poetry that energizes me, that brings me to another plane. fires all the hormones, i don t know what. something intangible and yet tangible at the same time. announcer: funding is provided by carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion
guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. at the state of the union speech, there s always more than meets the eye. just out of sight is the reality of how we are governed. the house of representatives, where congress gathers to hear the president, used to be known as the people s house. but money power owns the lease now
guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. at the state of the union speech, there s always more than meets the eye. just out of sight is the reality of how we are governed. the house of representatives, where congress gathers to hear the president, used to be known as the people s house. but money power owns the lease now