The problem comes when we let a tiny group of extremely wealthy people express their point

of view to a much greater extent than everyone else.

Then we don't have a balanced public debate.

We have a skewed public debate.

And as a result, we have both political campaigns and public policy overwhelmingly reflect

the views and the preferences of that tiny elite of people.

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Now welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with clips today from Represent

Us, the Bradcast with guest host Angie Koyrow, the young Turks, the Ralph Nader radio

hour, and last week tonight with John Oliver.

Odds are almost every money and politics story you've ever seen has started with

two simple words.

Citizens United.

The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United V Federal Election Commission is one of

the most notorious rulings of our time.

And when people talk about Citizens United, they make it sound like the death star, like

this massive force that flipped some invisible switch on our government from not corrupt

to super corrupt.

And if we could just do away with this one ruling, money would stop pouring into our political

system and democracy would be saved.

Now, make no mistake.

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