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Natalie Smolenski: Our Value System, People vs. Elites, Bitcoin As a Strategic Acquisition For U.S.

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell

CHAPTER

How Did We Get Here?

How did we get to a place where government officials, which are supposed to be making modest salaries, are raking in ridiculous? I mean, they live in mansions. They have their day trading on the side and they are essentially the elites. How did we get here? Well, many, many small steps. One of the most important contributors to that has been, in effect, not the full elimination, but in practice, elimination of public financing for campaigns.

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