Survey: Massive Lobbyist Power After Citizens United

Cenk Uygur shares the results of a new survey by Public Citizen of the impact of the Citizens United ruling.

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[SirGrodusFTW]

DAMN POLITICS, YOU SCARY!

[psychokillercrab]

Out law lobbing. Easy as that.

[luigi90900]

It should be illegal for Companies to give money to politicians and power should be with the people!

[aaronmoravek]

He forgot to say that unions are at equal fault, because they too influence the political land scape for the worse. He is just another media dog. Seriously the media makes us pick sides for either corporations or unions. Most people are neither. If you take anything from this comment, I hope you watch that the media makes you pick sides and remember that UNIONS AND CORPORATIONS ARE WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER THROUGH THE MEDIA.

[Realpra]

@ghostandgoblins Science works, we just need a science based government ruled by a benign dictator chosen through science, example; scan his brain to see what he is really like and test his abilities in real world scenarios - can't be that hard.

The TYT solution of the people taking back power is meaningless; you already HAVE the power, the majority is just too uninformed to vote for the right guy - that's why you have leaders in the first place.

[Realpra]

@kingbane2 Yeah but it's not; since those with money interests will always be able to buy advertising. Furthermore the original idea behind democracy is that you know who you are voting for i.e. you grew up in the same village of about 400 people - therefore you know who is a lying idiot and who is not. Very few Americans grew up with any presidential candidate, in other words they know nothing. Add to this that it is easier to lie than tell truth across mass media and many other factors.

[Xytos]

@xteamseth999 because sometimes he gets annoying...

[timtaker120]

i love how he finishes up with a netflix ad

[timtaker120]

i love how he finishes up with a netflix ad



[lukegreen37]

@eragon2121 Still, corporations are not people, even if they're run by 'em; they do not get amendment rights, because they'd screw the system up as badly as they have now.