"The People Who Own The Country Ought To Govern It"
by digby
That's founder and first supreme court justice John Jay.
Must-see video from GRIT TV about the Chamber of Whores:
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Obviously, Big Money has always been the most powerful influence in American politics (maybe all politics.) But until they adopted the Randian notion that they are so valuable to society that everyone must bow down and worship them like gods, they had the good taste to at least publicly pretend they cared about the country as a whole.
That's done now. Today they are just blatantly demanding that the 98% of Americans who don't have the cash to buy in, shut up and do as they're told. They seem very, very confident that it's going to work out for them.