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YoYoMoMa t1_ir5htke wrote

It is money AND power. Business interests have the ability to make life hell for elected officials in the way an individual does not. And so few people caring and voting makes it worse.

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S-Kunst t1_ir9buov wrote

Yes. I have seen that first hand. At a political gathering ,for the community (a rare event), the business faction was elbowing the residents out of the way so they could get to the ear of the councilman.

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