The State of our Republic is dismal, as evidenced by this Jon Oliver presentation, in November of 2014. The real travesty, above and beyond, the voting public not knowing these truths, is that they tend to not know they’re the voting public!
Of course, we’ve addressed this issue before, with The Golden Rule. We did not do so, as succinctly as, “Last Week Tonight,” but they have staff. 🙂
To be sure, the Kochs are not the only billionaires influencing elections. However, they’re the only ones we’re aware of supplying already written bills to state politicians. Sadly, this reflects what occurs at the hands of various lobbyists, and their “purchased” Congressional minions.
