Is the Supreme Court about to make bribing politicians the same as earning a tip?

A democracy is run by and for the benefit of the Demos, the people.

Aligarchy is run by and for the oligoy, the few, aka the morbidly rich.

Thanks to a corrupt block of Republicans who've controlled the US Supreme Court since the

Nixon era, America is more than halfway through the transition from democracy to

oligarchy. But it's not too late for we the people to reclaim our government from the forces of

neo-fascism and great wealth who've worked so hard since the Reagan

revolution to seize complete control of it. It's going to require a two-step

process and the ability to morbidly rich and giant corporations

to legally bribe judges and politicians, and then use that reclaimed political power to require

the rich to pay their fair share of taxes.

It sounds like a heavy lift, but it's been done several times before in American history.

Most recently, between 1932 and the Reagan Revolution 1980s and each time produced a period

of extraordinary prosperity for working class people while still helping the rich get

rich as well. Today however millions of Americans are working two or more

jobs just to pay the rent. More than half of us 56% can't deal with a thousand

dollar emergency expense like a car breakdown or a broken tooth and the top of

1% of Americans own more wealth than what's left of the entire middle class.

The three wealthiest families in this country own more wealth than the bottom half of the American people.

And since the days of the Reagan Revolution, the top of 1% has gained 21 trillion dollars in wealth,

while the bottom 50% of us have lost $900 billion in wealth.

And now comes the headline that America's 614 billionaires, according to Forbes, have almost

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