Here are a few statistics from Media Matters Action Network<\/a> to back up that assertion:<\/p>\n The result of these funding atrocities? The folks who give the money\u2014big corporations and billionaires\u2014get paid back via massive taxpayer handouts; lawmakers on their campaign payrolls gut the regulations their corporate puppeteers abhor, and, in the process, take away the rights of workers, while sticking American families with the bill. No wonder so many Americans say they\u2019ve lost faith in our political system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One day after the Jan. 30, 2012 deadline for candidates, campaigns and committees to file their financial reports for 2011, the democracy-killing impact of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,869,573],"tags":[2514,398],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>One day after the Jan. 30, 2012 deadline for candidates, campaigns and committees to file their financial reports for 2011, the democracy-killing impact of Citizens United is clearer than ever: With every post-Citizens-United election cycle, our government is becoming increasingly bought and paid for by Wall Street, Big Oil and corporate lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n
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