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> [The whole difficulty I think that that we're facing now is the question of who is going to ensure that corporations are accountable. The problem with leaving it to activists and non-governmental organizations-even with the tool of the Internet at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-bakan/the-whole-difficulty-i-think-that-that-we-re-facing-now-is-the/)

[Joel Bakan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-bakan/)

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> [Every major federal campaign-finance-reform effort since 1943 has attempted to treat corporations and unions equally. If a limit applied to corporations, it applied to unions; if unions could form PACs, corporations could too; and so on. DISCLOSE is the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-a-smith/every-major-federal-campaign-finance-reform-effort-since-1943-has/)

[Bradley A. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-a-smith/)

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