Ability Quote by Eric Alterman

Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this level of…

— Bernie Sanders

This is a very important issue that the corporate media chooses not to talk about a whole lot, that we have an economic system…

— Bernie Sanders

Few Americans other than the One Percent have a stake in the American economic and political system.

— Paul Craig Roberts

A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1% is a…

— Lawrence Lessig

The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all…

— Larry King

Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.

— Dick Cheney

Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.

— Michelle Alexander

This is what oligarchy looks like: Today, the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. The…

— Bernie Sanders

In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is broken, and…

— Lawrence Lessig

Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs…

— Barack Obama

The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.

— Michael Moore

If everyone in America agreed that 80 percent of their contributions for House, Senate, and president could only come from people making contributions of…

— Brian Williams