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Jon Stewart: “I don't know that they [the founders] factored in corporate…”

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You know, when the founders design a system and they talk about checks and balances and congressional checks and judicial and executive and the balance all there. I don't know that they [the founders] factored in corporate power and I don't know that there's an entity large enough or with enough leverage to be a counterweight to that type of corporate. You're raising a very important issue. I knew I'd get to it at some point. Finally. I've been waiting. John, you finally said something relevant here. Yes. (14:55–15:09)

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Asserts that the founders did not account for corporate power in the system of checks and balances.

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