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Old 03-19-2012, 07:28 AM
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Two Princeton professors, Larry Bartels and Martin Gilens did a study on what politicians do and what their constituents of various backgrounds want them to do. Most policy changes do not represent anything the bottom 10% of constituents want, little or nothing the middle class wants, but everything the top 10% wants. Money talks.
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