Holding Politicians Accountable

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After the last election, when I would ask my [colleagues] to cosponsor a speculator tax they’d say, ‘I don’t really want to make the people on Wall Street that angry and didn’t somebody spend a lot of money against you?’ It has a chilling effect against some people on legislation.
Oregon Rep. Pete DeFazio (D) on what it’s like being targeted by Wall Street billionaires with endless amounts of cash and what it means for our political system. (Huffington Post)

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