James Talarico: “Billionaire Mega donors have been buying politicians like Ken Paxton.”

“This is the rot at the core of this broken system. It's why we can't afford anything. It's why we can't get ahead no matter how hard we work. For 50 years, Billionaire Mega donors have been buying politicians like Ken Paxton. And then those politicians turn around and rig the rules of the economy in favor of those billionaires at our expense. They have been stealing, stealing from the American people with bribes, with bailouts, with billionaire tax breaks.” (08:53–08:59)

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