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RSN: Moyers and Winship | Dividing the Spoils




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Portrait of Louis the XVI by Antoine-François Callet. (portrait: commons.wikimedia.org)
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company
Excerpt: "The framers debated the meaning of corruption at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and Americans have been arguing about it ever since. Today, gifts to politicians that were once called graft or bribes are called contributions. The Supreme Court has granted corporations the rights our founders reserved for people, and told those corporations they can give just about anything they want to elect politicians favorable to their interests."
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