How Big Donors Affect American Politics
Via The New York Times
To the Editor:
David Brooks’s declaration that “money is really not important when both candidates are well financed” (“Money Matters Less,” column, Oct. 10) undermines his assurances that Americans need not worry about the flood of money drenching our political system.
The path to being “well financed” requires that our elected officials cater to the needs of an increasingly small donor elite writing steadily larger checks.
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