Editorial: Your Voice Drowned Out by Big Unions and Billionaires
ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune was mentioned in this article
via Chicago Sun-Times
“If you are not a member of a big and powerful union or a very wealthy person, nobody’s looking out for you in the November elections for the state Legislature.
As made clear in a report in Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, state legislative races — especially the tight ones that could determine the direction of the state House and Senate — are being funded by tens of millions of dollars from big labor unions on the Democratic side and a handful of billionaires on the Republican side.
The money the unions and the super-rich are pouring into these races overwhelms all other donations. They’re looking for legislators who do their bidding, and only secondarily, if ever, yours. It is a travesty in a democracy, and it cries out for real and meaningful campaign finance reform.”
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