Did ya see American Hustle? This isnt Hollywood fiction. This IS the real Adelson, the Casino King you heard mentioned in the afore-mentioned movie. The most frightening scenario is for corrupt money to dictate our politics. Casinos may no longer be mobbed up the way they were in the 1950s and 1960s, but they are still significantly implicated in government corruption. The perniciousness of this growing plutocracy was on full display on Saturday, as GOP governors Scott Walker, Chris Christie and John Kasich trekked off to Las Vegas in an attempt to attract hundreds of millions in campaign donations from sleazy casino lord Sheldon Adelson. Since Adelson is allegedly worth $37 billion, he could fund the Republican side of a presidential election (which costs $1 billion) all by himself. In the last presidential election he is said to have donated $100 million. billmoyers/2014/04/01/the-shame-of-american-politics-gop-presidential-hopefuls-trek-to-las-vegas-for-adelson-blessing/
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:48:25 +0000
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