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By the way, many, many poor people work awful, terrible jobs at long hours that many people who have nice white collar jobs couldn t imagine holding. no, that s absolutely correct. the notion that the poor don t work as hard as those who are 300 times that rate is absurd. i don t think anyone s making that point but people of the world have made that point. but when we talk about this is a political issue in the wake of citizens united and the mccutchen decision where the wealthiest are having a greater impact with their speech, it seems this problem is only going to spiral further and further out of control. if we could bring the founders back, they would be astonished. john adams, our second president worried that a business aristocracy would arise, that it would persuade workers to do what they wanted for their benefit. if that isn t what we re seeing ....
The mccutchen decision keeps in place caps on how much a person can give to any one candidate, a party committee, but it eliminates the overall cap on contributions to candidates and committees over a two-year period. before today, that aggregate limit was $123,200. as of today, that limit is history. a single donor can give millions of dollars directly to candidates and party committees every election cycle. in fact, they only need to write a single check to a joint fund-raising committee which can then distribute the money across the country. and that goes to the crucial aspect of all this. until now, someone who wanted to dump millions of dollars into an election cycle had to funnel their cash through outside spending groups. like the koch brothers backed americans for prosperity. now, thanks to the supreme court, wealthy donors can distribute millions directly to a political party which gives the donors more direct influence over the political process. ....
The ruling. the republican party even sided with mccutchen in the case. the reason we re excited is that it brings the political parties i think the most accountable groups in america a little bit closer to exercising our first amendment rights, just like everybody else. first amendment rights like everybody else. perhaps the new york times says it best. the mccutchen decision is less about free speech than about giving those few people with the most money the loudest voice in politics. with this ruling, the loudest voices are about to get even louder. joining me now, role call s eliza carney, and scott ross. thanks to both of you for being here. and i want to start with you, eliza. let s sort of talk about this elite that has benefited, surely will benefit from the supreme court ruling. in the last election cycle, you had 1,219 elite donor, $155.2 ....
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