Does Money Buy Elections? When Billionaires Court Voters [new The Good Life column]

The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Another election looms, and the question on everyone’s mind is: Will the big donors get their money’s worth? “Cynicism about money in politics is a healthy response to our long history of cronyism. When $700 billion in bailout funds were distributed during the 2008 crisis, politically-connected financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs received […]

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