Lawrence Lessig: Funders Take Hostages
on Saturday, August 30, 2014Lawrence Lessig Money Quotation saying political favors bought by campaign donations must represent only voters not big money funders who don’t vote. Lawrence Lessig said:
“You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders — and their funders are not all of us — our system will not work” — Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig believes that funders should not represent big money in politics because they are not representative of all voters, but rather only represent the interests of their funders.
He argues that as long as representatives are held hostage to their funders, the system will not work for the benefit of all people.