The United States is controlled by Big Money, wealthy people whose interests are served by the government and other public institutions at the expense of ordinary Americans, says a political analyst and author in Chicago.
Stephen Lendman made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday while commenting on a report which says Republican mega donors Charles and David Koch will spend $400 million for the GOP’s cause in 2018.
More than half a dozen Republican elected officials, including several senators and governors, attended the event arranged by the Koch brothers on Saturday in a California hotel. Hundreds of top conservative donors participated in the gathering.
“The political process in Washington is too corrupt to be fixed. It’s debauched. It’s money controlled,” Lendman said.
“America is a one-party state, literally a one-party state with two right wings — Republicans and Democrats. There is really a dime’s worth…