Why Are the Wealthy Pouring So Much of Their Wealth into Politics? via Robert Reich — Friends, Last week, I testified at a congressional hearing organized by Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich about what Big Oil has gotten from its mammoth contribution to Trump’s 2024 campaign — and how much Americans are paying for this bribe in higher fuel costs and destructive climate change. The short answer: It’s the most corrupt deal in American history. But it’s hardly the only corrupt deal in Washington. Political corruption is growing dramatica

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