Using the conservative mantra that Money = Speech, this inforgraphic shows just how much ordinary Americans are being drowned out of the conversation and our Government. Because those with the money can simply buy the policy they want, increasingly, what Americans clearly want to happen is simply not being done. You can see it pretty clearly in the business of tax policy. Americans don’t much want their own taxes increased, but they certainly are in favor of increasing taxes on the wealthy in order to help balance the budget. And yet — Congress is utterly set on dealing with the wishes of the people with the money, rather than the people who bear the brunt of those policies.
What to do? I’m not so certain. We can start by signing this petition sponsored by the Move to Amend folks, who want to amend the Constituion to clarify that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.