Money goes in, favors come out. And that's why spectacular wealth buys an ever greater share of power over our national affairs while the mere citizen is treated with contempt. Citizens United was the most destructive court decision in modern American history. It's unleashed a flood of secret money, corporate money, billionaire money on both sides. Members of Congress live in fear of these super PACs. (12:36–12:44)
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Asserts that the Citizens United decision has had a profoundly negative impact on American politics.
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