Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimpon the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics
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Mark Hannathe turn-of-the-century iron-and-coal-magnate-turned-operative who leveraged massive contributions from the robber baronswas famously quoted as saying: There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is." To an extent that would have made Hanna blush, a series of developments capped by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision effectively crowned a bunch of billionaires and their operatives the new kings of politics. Big Money is a rollicking tour of a new political world dramatically reordered by ever-larger flows of cash. Ken Vogel has breezed into secret gatherings of big-spending Republicans and Democrats alikefrom California poolsides to DC hotel barsto brilliantly expose the way the mega-money men (and rather fewer women) are dominating the new political landscape. Great wealth seems to attach itself to outsize characters. From the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to the bubbling nouveau cowboy Foster Friess; from the Texas trial lawyer couple, Amber and Steve Mostyn, to the micromanaging Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenbergthe multimillionaires and billionaires are swaggering up to the tables for the hottest new game in politics. The prize is American democracy, and the players' checks keep getting bigger.
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Mark Hannathe turn-of-the-century iron-and-coal-magnate-turned-operative who leveraged massive contributions from the robber baronswas famously quoted as saying: There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is." To an extent that would have made Hanna blush, a series of developments capped by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision effectively crowned a bunch of billionaires and their operatives the new kings of politics. Big Money is a rollicking tour of a new political world dramatically reordered by ever-larger flows of cash. Ken Vogel has breezed into secret gatherings of big-spending Republicans and Democrats alikefrom California poolsides to DC hotel barsto brilliantly expose the way the mega-money men (and rather fewer women) are dominating the new political landscape. Great wealth seems to attach itself to outsize characters. From the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to the bubbling nouveau cowboy Foster Friess; from the Texas trial lawyer couple, Amber and Steve Mostyn, to the micromanaging Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenbergthe multimillionaires and billionaires are swaggering up to the tables for the hottest new game in politics. The prize is American democracy, and the players' checks keep getting bigger.
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Campaign funds -- United States
Electronic books
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Finance
United States. -- Congress -- Elections -- Finance
Campaign funds -- United States
Electronic books
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Finance
United States. -- Congress -- Elections -- Finance
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Big Money : 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimpon the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics
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Big Money : 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimpon the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics Vogel, Kenneth P.
Big money : 2.5 billion dollars, one suspicious vehicle, and a pimp-on the trail of the ultra-rich hijacking American politics / Kenneth P. Vogel
Big money : 2.5 billion dollars, one suspicious vehicle, and a pimp-on the trail of the ultra-rich hijacking American politics / Kenneth P. Vogel
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Big Money
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2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimpon the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics
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Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Presidents
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Finance
United States. -- Congress -- Elections -- Finance
Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States
Campaign funds -- United States
Election
Elections
Finance
Law and legislation
Presidents
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Finance
United States. -- Congress -- Elections -- Finance
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