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Hillary, the Panama Papers, and the death of American kleptocracy
 [PHILLY] The Clinton campaign and her ever-persistent supporters want you to know that the way the Clintons make their money -- just like the way they fund their campaign, with help from Super-PACS and large-scale fundraising from hedge-fund traders, fossil-fuel investors, and others who've been leadfooting the scales of income inequality -- is a big distraction from the "real issues" in the 2016 campaign. This year -- and every year -- the "real issue" should be corruption. They note that even talking about this is only providing fall campaign fodder for Republicans who want your daughter to wear a chastity belt and your son to enlist for World War III. ... or in the War on Women®... The defenders don't get it. In 2016, not just in our mashugana presidential race but all over the world, the nexus of politics and obscene amounts of money is no longer a sideshow that finances our endless culture wars or our class warfare. Money in politics is the show, and the average citizen, from Iowa to Iceland, is so sick of billionaires buying not just our elections but our politicians that they are rising up against this kleptocracy, a system of government based on stealing wealth from the middle classes. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-21 |
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