In exchange for their financial support, they insist that the Democratic Party turn its economic agenda in a direction that mostly benefits the wealthy and further undermines the economic stability of tens of millions of families all across this country. These people push Democrats to embrace candidates who will slow walk popular economic policies. They lobby for deregulation and special tax breaks that will pad their own bottom lines. They promote making big time corporate lawyers federal judges. (09:18–09:26)
CLAIM
Asserts that wealthy individuals influence Democrats to support candidates who delay economic reforms.
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