Those With The Affluence Have All The Influence In America

Call it Crony Capitalism, or the 1% versus the 99%, or the the tension between Wall Street and Main Street: One of the major themes in America today is how the wealthy use their money and position to influence policy and the idea of success. The accepted notion that our capitalist democratic system is excessively deferential to people with money will be the theme of President Obama's State of the Union speech this coming week. It is the theme of the Pope's 2014 message to the world, and was a ma...