Bill Moyers: More Money, Less Democracy

In this essay, Bill examines how the Citizens United decision has candidates campaigning for cash more than votes, and how that money — pouring into TV ads and high-paid political consultants — is creating “a racket, plain and simple.” ...
By Diane Sweet — September 22, 2012

In this essay, Bill examines how the Citizens United decision has candidates campaigning for cash more than votes, and how that money — pouring into TV ads and high-paid political consultants — is creating “a racket, plain and simple.”

Full transcript available here.

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