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One Percent is not only increasing their share of wealth - they're
using it to spread millions among political candidates who serve their
interests. Example: Goldman Sachs, which gave more money than any other
major American corporation to Barack Obama in 2008, is switching
alliances this year; their employees have given $900,000 both to Mitt
Romney's campaign and to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future.
Why? Because, says the Wall Street Journal, the Goldman Sachs gang felt
betrayed by President Obama's modest attempts at financial reform.<p class="indent">To discuss how the super-rich have willfully confused
their self-interest with America's interest, Bill is joined by Rolling
Stone magazine's Matt Taibbi, who regularly shines his spotlight on
scandals involving big business and government, and journalist Chrystia
Freeland, author of the new book <em>Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else</em>.</p><p class="indent">"We have this community of rich people who genuinely
believe that they are the wealth creators and they should get every
advantage and break," Taibbi tells Bill. "Whereas everybody else is a
parasite and they're living off of them."</p><p class="indent">Freeland adds, "You know, 2008 is not so long ago, and
already, the anti-regulation chorus is so strong. How dare they have
the gall to actually argue that too much regulation of American
financial services is what is killing the economy?"</p></p></body></html>