[Occupymendocino] How 1 Percent of the 1 Percent Now Dominate Our Elections

[Mark Safron]

Here's a statistic that should jolt you awake like black coffee with three shots of espresso dropped in: In the 2012 election cycle, 28 percent of all disclosed donations—that's $1.68 billion—came from just 31,385 people. Think of them as the 1 percenters of the 1 percent, the elite of the elite, the wealthiest of the wealthy.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/one-percent-wealthy-dominate-2012-elections-congress
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