Contributors Quote by William Greider

What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that…

— Matt Taibbi

There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view,…

— Bernie Sanders

Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than…

— Richard Ojeda

There is now a fairly crowded field out there of people who are incredibly wealthy that are giving money to advance their own political…

— Steve Kroft

Money is the fuel that makes political victory possible. Sadly, folks, in many cases it's more important than ideas. And this is what turns…

— Rush Limbaugh

When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.

— Bob Dole

People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. They have some issue. They have some interest. It may be…

— David Brooks

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

— Caroline Kennedy

The basic problem is for a congressman or a president to get elected, they need obscene amounts of money. And the only place you…

— Peter Navarro

The illegitimate money made by corrupt public servants and the power that it gives them is then also used to perpetuate them in office.…

— Prashant Bhushan

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.

— Paul Theroux

What are the moral implications? What do these people do when they have tremendous amounts of money? They use that money to perpetuate their…

— Bernie Sanders