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on Sunday, January 29, 2017Jamie Raskin Money Quote saying that seven years after the Jan. 21, 2010 anniversary of Citizens United Supreme Court decision that resulting political dark money in elections has resulted in plutocracy. Jamie Raskin said:
Seven years ago, five justices overturned two centuries of jurisprudence to determine that private business corporations enjoy the political free speech rights of the people. Today after hundreds of millions of dollars in dark money have been spent by CEOs in the name of their unwitting shareholders and billionaires act as our new political bosses and cabinet secretaries, we can see what plutocracy looks like
— Jamie Raskin
John Sarbanes: Billionaires Own Democracy
on Sunday, January 29, 2017John Sarbanes Money Quote saying on the 7th anniversary (Jan 21, 2010) of the #CitizensUnited Supreme Court decision allowing money as speech, Donald Trump is handing control of our democracy to wealthy donors. John Sarbanes said:
7 years after Citizens United, Donald Trump is giving millionaires and billionaires direct control over our democracy
— John Sarbanes
7 years after #CitizensUnited, @realDonaldTrump is giving millionaires and billionaires direct control over our democracy. #RiggedCabinet
— Rep. John Sarbanes (@RepSarbanes) January 23, 2017
H.W. Charles: Quarter of Billionaires Jewish
on Tuesday, September 20, 2016H.W. Charles Money Quote saying high percentage of billionaires and millionaires are of Jewish faith even though they’re a tiny percentage of population. H.W. Charles said:
Jews are estimated to make up less than 1% of the world’s population, yet approximately 25% of the world’s billionaires are Jewish
— H.W. Charles
Hillary Clinton: Justices Protect Billionaires
on Friday, May 6, 2016Hillary Clinton Money Quote saying in a Wisconsin Presidential Campaign speech that supreme court justice appointments aren’t about protecting the wealthy. Hillary Clinton said:
I will appoint justices … who will protect a woman’s right to choose, rather than billionaires’ right to buy elections
— Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders: Of, For, & By Billionaires
on Wednesday, May 4, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying the wealthy are becoming the government and is no longer controlled by the electorate. Bernie Sanders said:
“We are moving toward an oligarchy where we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires” — Bernie Sanders
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We are moving toward an oligarchy where we have a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 29, 2016
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Adam McKay: Big Money Government
on Monday, February 29, 2016Adam McKay Money Quote saying at his oscar acceptance for best adapted screenplay of “The Big Short” that big money interests and banks control government and caused financial crisis his movie outed. Adam McKay said:
“If you don’t want big money to control government, don’t vote for candidates who take money from big banks, oil or weirdo billionaires” — Adam McKay
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Elizabeth Warren: Country a Private Club?
on Friday, February 5, 2016Elizabeth Warren Money Quotation saying wealthy win big if we elect anyone unwilling to take on the billionaires who run the country now. Elizabeth Warren said:
Anyone who shrugs and claims that change is just too hard has crawled into bed with the billionaires who want to run this country like some private club
— Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders: U.S. No. 1 in Inequality
on Sunday, November 29, 2015Bernie Sanders Money Quotation saying there are several things the United States is number one in the world where we should be ashamed we lead, including wealth inequity and youth poverty. Bernie Sanders said:
“Today, the United States is No. 1 in billionaires, No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world” — Bernie Sanders
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