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Congress’ Training Schedule Shows the Influence of Money in Politics

  A new report from the Huffington Post spells out something Washington insiders have known for decades–members of Congress spend just four hours a day doing the work their constituents elected them to do. The rest of their 10 hour... read full article »

W.V. Supreme Court Squashes Publicly Funded Campaigns

One of the many possible avenues to transparency would be to promote and institute publicly financed elections. Allen Loughry is a Republican running for one of the three open Supreme Court seats in West Virginia, and requested access to public... read full article »

Pressure from Big Energy to Bring the DNC to Charlotte

While private interests applying pressure to politicians to get their way is nothing new, Barack Obama has openly stated that he will decline money from lobbyists. However, that hasn’t stopped them from making their way to the DNC to ride... read full article »

Obama Campaign Starts Accepting Text Donations

President Obama’s reelection campaign will start accepting small donations via text message this week, the result of a recent effort to make political donations more accessible to smaller, grassroots donors. The Washington Post: The program, announced by campaign officials early... read full article »

Paul Ryan Lobbied on Behalf of Companies Who Donated to His Campaign

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan may be one of the House of Representative’s top fundraisers – and that’s at least partially thanks to his powerful position as chairman of the House Budget Committee, where he has the power to influence... read full article »

U.S. Corporations, Politics Getting More Corrupt, Surprising Nobody

The United States is getting more corrupt. So says Transparency International, which ranks the country the 16th least-corrupt in the world in 2001. By last year, the United States fell back to 24th place. Why is corruption spreading? A recent New... read full article »

Fixing the Lie-More Economy

The Libor-Barclay’s scandal has made us increasingly aware of the collusion between politics and finance. The fix already lies in on our LIE MORE economy, where corporate raiders can easily siphon money out of our economy, leaving us fighting among... read full article »

Hey Obama, Stop Crying Foul and Take a Real Stand Against Corporate Money in Politics

  President Obama raised $71 million dollars in the month of June — $35 million less than Mitt Romney’s  $106 million total raised in the same time-period.  Obama is using the disparity to rally his supporters, deriding Romney’s big-donor campaign... read full article »

Mike Huckabee on Corporate Money in Politics: ‘I Think It’s Sad’

This weekend, the New York Times magazine ran an interview with former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee touched on the problem of money in politics: What about the influence of money in this campaign? Does the... read full article »

Literally Highway Robbery: What Are You Going to Do About It?

There’s a world full of ways to generate wealth, and many of them do so by providing value. This can be a product or service. You offer something of value – your time, your skills, your knowledge, your money, or... read full article »

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