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Re: Russ Feingold on illegal wiretapping and Leiberman and TWAT
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Originally Posted by Joao Dasilva
94% of all Americans give zero money to politicians.
It is only special interest groups and those 6% (and by total given, the top 1% of income earners, the mega-rich, are greatest givers) constute 100% of those billions given (aggregate total).
Is it any surprise we have a government by auction?
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I prefer knowing who's giving money to being forced to give money to candidates that I may not support. Public funding of campaigns is bogus. We get crap candidates now. Just imagine what we'd get if they were funded "by committee". 
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