Thought money could buy an American election? You ain't seen nothin' yet

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Author(s) Gary Younge
Source The Guardian
Date April 6, 2014
URL http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/06/money-bought-elections-us-donation-rules
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Quotes-start.png In a system where money is considered speech, and corporations are people, this trend is inevitable. Elections become not a system of participatory engagement determining how the country is run, but the best democratic charade that money can buy. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Supreme Court voted correctly on the topic McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.