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title: "9 Wealthy Donors Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [The fundamental problem with the immigration system in America is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, political activists and powerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/the-fundamental-problem-with-the-immigration-system-in-america-is/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [From campaign contributions to expensive perks paid for by special interests, wealthy donors and corporate special interests have increasingly been able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-gideon/from-campaign-contributions-to-expensive-perks-paid-for-by-special/)

[Sara Gideon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-gideon/)

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> [The fundamental problem with the immigration system in our country is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, political activists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/the-fundamental-problem-with-the-immigration-system-in-our-country-is/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [“Critics of the system say they want to get enough people involved to dilute the handful of wealthy donors and big-money groups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/critics-of-the-system-say-they-want-to-get-enough-people-involved-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/human-rights-groups-are-locked-in-a-fierce-competition-for-big-checks/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [While Trump, and, yes, Biden spend time with wealthy donors, Warren refuses big money. She also refused to participate in a Fox…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-macdonald/while-trump-and-yes-biden-spend-time-with-wealthy-donors-warren/)

[Neil Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-macdonald/)

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> [“after Citizens United was that the business of manipulating politics from the ground up was now heavily directed and funded by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/after-citizens-united-was-that-the-business-of-manipulating-politics/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ This year \[2016\] we're seeing a really strange upending \[of the party\]. The money was coming from these super-wealthy donors who were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/this-year-2016-we-re-seeing-a-really-strange-upending-of-the-party/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/jane-mayer-1031_candidates_this-year-2016-we-re-seeing-a-really-str_280929.png)

> [“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-candidates-promised-to-cut-taxes-for-those-in-the-highest/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/jane-mayer-1031_free-trade_the-candidates-promised-to-cut-taxes-for_103150.jpg)

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