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Since 1947, federal law has prohibited corporate financing of political campaigns and elections, including party nominating conventions. So it might seem more than a little strange that this week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia will be funded by more than $60 million in contributions from some of the United States’ largest corporations, including telecom giants like AT&T and Comcast, oil companies like Chevron and Sunoco and pharmaceutical manufacturers AmeriSource Bergen and GlaxoSmithKline. Читать дальше...

In 2012, political scientist Martin Gilens surveyed five decades’ worth of public opinion polling and legislative records. He found a distinct pattern: If you were poor, or even middle class, what you thought had virtually no impact on the policies the government enacted. If you were wealthy, however, it was another story. “If rich people are in favor, the policy is significantly more likely to become law,” he wrote.