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How lobbying works, with super-lobbyist Tony Podesta

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Do You See This as a Problem?

The amount of lobbying has increased geometrically. The liberal critique is that campaign finance reform has been unwound to a substantial degree. Unions have figured out it is a good investment to put money into influencing washington andt pay for it. As long as youre going to have a continues the gon government, it just leads to a kind of achrony capitalism where, you know, thers his huge incumbency advantage.

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