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The finance industry has effectively captured the U.S. government-a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets...Recovery will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that's blocking essential reform.

Why the Financial Reform Bill is Better Than Nothing (But Not by Much)

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As of mid-August 2009, there were six (6) lobbyists per single (1) member of House and Senate (Bloomberg News). That's 6:1, folks. Just for healthcare reform. For financial industry reform, there are 2,400 lobbyists in play. The Chamber of Commerce spent $26.2 million--in the first 2 quarters (6 months) of 2009. Clearly, private industries and their foot soldiers on K Street/Capitol Hill influence/dictate American policymaking. No matter who's 'voted in,' it's the influence machine that rules Washington. Worse, there's a good chance that the Supreme Court will grant corporations (as 'fictive persons') to spend unlimited dollars in funding electoral campaigns. Is there hope that this country will be a democracy one day? Or is it doomed to become increasingly, irrevocably plutocratic?

"Is national economic policy in the hands of unknown bankers and financial interests around the world?"

Meet the bankers and brokers responsible for the financial crisis - and the officials who let them get away with it. Matt Taibbi

"Slightly left of center economic commentary on news, politics, and the economy. "

""Information is the currency of democracy." Thomas Jefferson"