Has $$ replaced reason as the wellspring of Power and influence in the American Political System?

Question

The wielding of Power depends so much on $Money and so little on ideas, that all of the organizations that America has formed to pursue progressive ideas to promote the Public interest has been badly weakened...

Answer 1

That is the way I've looked at it for a long time,,,except for Clinton, he and I made about the same amount of money before he went in office..and he's the only one that could balance the countrys buget.. all the others were filthy rich before then went in and spent all our money while in there..

Answer 2

confident our political equipment is changing from a democracy to an aristocracy controlled with the help of a hereditary chain of incomptent, nicely linked wealthy human beings from political families. merely look at our presidency; we had a bush president, a Clinton president, a bush president now there's a 30% or so danger that their would be yet another Clinton president. undesirable information for our democracy

Answer 3

Yes.