the fact that a small cabal has gotten the supreme court to let it try and take over this country.. or that on a site such as DU this has only gotten 5 recs so far.. we can't seem to be bothered with facts anymore

It could be because the right has set the economy up since Reagen so that a person has to work three part time jobs
to stay alive . There is little time to search for the truth especially if half the population is glued to the TV watching FOX News the pusher of lies , half truths , distortions and hate .

the top 10 fascist billionaire or corporate contributors listed individually, and then combined

COMPARED TO

the top 10 union contributions, and those totals combined.

That would hopefully wake some sleeping dumb-asses up.

The corruption in this country is OVERWHELMINGLY corporate in nature, and there really should not even be a debate anymore.

The arguments from right-wing voters about how powerful unions are in this country are so pathetic. They are being lied to by
their corporate lackeys that they trust (for some god-only-knows reason).

Since their entire faulty rationale for supporting the Citizens United case was so unions would supposedly have more freedom to donate...

I don't know what fantasyland they were living in, because a blind man could see the eventual outcome...

Fundraising by the libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch supports a tangle of nonprofits, sometimes referred to as the Kochtopus, all aimed at advancing conservative causes. Two groups, the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce and TC4 Trust, handed out almost $264 million from mid-2011 to October 2012 to 30 other nonprofits. Almost half of that went to the Center to Protect Patient Rights, which then funneled millions to a constellation of dark money groups, some of which also received money from Freedom Partners and TC4 Trust. Groups that got significant amounts of money from the Center, Freedom Partners and TC4 Trust reported political spending of more than $75 million in 2012. Much of the money flowed through what are known as “disregarded entities” — limited liability companies, or LLCs, that some of the groups have set up. TC4 Trust has folded and the Center to Protect Patient Rights no longer plays a central role in the Koch network, but many of these groups will be active in the 2014 election.
http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch

Light thrown on world of 'dark money' and the Kochtopus
"It's not like you'll find a direct link there," says ProPublica reporter Kim Barker. "If you do that would be a huge story. But you definitely can find that these outside groups will support a particular candidate."

Since 2010 a flood of hard-to-trace money has all but torpedoed transparency and accountability, hallmarks of open democracy.

Between mid-2011 and October 2012 two organisations, TC4 Trust and Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, "handed out almost US$264 million" to some 30 nonprofits, part of "a constellation of dark money groups", ProPublica revealed. One Koch operative, Sean Noble, divvied out some US$137 million in 2012 alone via the Centre to Protect Patient Rights, run from a Phoenix, Arizona, post box.

The Kochtopus allows politicians to stay pure while nonprofits sling mud at opponents, either directly or via issues campaigns, says Sheila Krumholz, director of the Centre for Responsive Politics. "Wisconsin is a natural target for a national network like the Koch brothers. Because it was such a rare opportunity to have a friendly politician like Scott Walker willing to take on the unions. It created a lot of excitement on the right. And it might engender a national campaign for Walker."

During the 2012 election the left proved adept at raising direct money, via street teams and the internet. The right focused on dark money, contributed anonymously. "In the 2012 election 85 per cent of the so-called dark money came from the conservative side," says Barker. "Liberals had only 15 per cent."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/international-politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503226&objectid=11216035

Good information . I like your quote by Jefferson . I'm sure you know what he said about Bankers .
I remember years ago a Senator gave a response to a reporter on TV-- " the Senate is owned by the Bankers " .

I just recently joined DU . What a breath of fresh air of sanity compared to Yahoo I commented on for the last year . Yahoo is 90%
extreme right , hate filled , anti democratic , and racist . The right owns Yahoo .

In regards to the Koch Brothers , the bar chart shows with out a doubt America is becoming a Plutocratic Corporate
State with overtones of Theocracy and Fascism close behind . The right is achieving this take over of America by buying
the means of communication on a local, state ,and the federal level . They own and run the Radio stations , TV , Privatizing
schools , prisons , the military , and Congress . Truth is under attack in America . The right wing churches play a large part
in undermining democratic government also .
I think the only way the progressives can gain any ground is by gaining control of the means of communication . That's how the right did it and that's how the left has to do it . Seize control and give no ground , period .

I have to agree with you about yahoo - the comments frequently head in peculiarly vile directions.

All hail Citizens United!

In regards to the Constitution and Bill of Rights and Citizens United .

Money is not Speech .
A Corporation is not a person .

Outstanding.

What you said about minimum wage is FACT , that is why the Koch Brothers and the rest of the plutocrats that run and own America
use their money and influence to keep that fact out of the Corporate Media . They need willing slaves to run their Corporate State
and don't care what the people desire through the democratic process .