22.07.2014 - 21:42 [ Truthout ]

Legalized Bribery Has Allowed Sheldon Adelson to Buy and Sell Politicians

And as the wealthy elite and corporations are profiting off of their investments in Washington, the rest of us are living in a very different America than we had just a generation ago. It‘s now an America that, despite its great wealth, looks more and more like a third-world country each day.

Our entire infrastructure, from our roads and bridges, to our electric grids and transportation systems, is stuck in the 19th century. Our intellectual infrastructure – our students – are failing and a trillion dollars in debt.