2012 US Elections, Super PACs, the less-than-1%, and democracy ...

... all in one -

http://www.demos.org/publication/auctioning-democracy-rise-super-pacs-and-2012-election

"Super PACs represent much of what is wrong with American democracy rolled neatly into one package. They are tools that powerful special interests and a tiny privileged minority can use to work their will by drowning out the voices of ordinary Americans in a sea of (sometimes secret) cash."

This what happens when non-people (i.e. corporations) along with wealthy individuals are allowed to corrupt the political system, by using the one tool they have more than anyone else - money.

Here's the gem of gem paragraphs -

"Raising and spending money directly is not exactly the same as having money raised and spent on one’s behalf. But, as Newt Gingrich’s lifeline from Sheldon Adelson and Stephen Colbert’s stinging satire have so compellingly demonstrated in recent weeks, lax FEC regulations have virtually collapsed the distinction.


This means that Americans who can afford to give thousands of dollars to political candidates or Super PACs that support them are more likely to see candidates who share their views on the key issues of the day win office and assume positions of power.

This is the influence of money on elections, rather than on politicians."

Democracy in the United States of America has been reduced to -

money=power

Download the report and read it for yourself - here.