Money and/or Power

We tend to split politically down lines that pay attention to our beliefs about money.   The left seems to never have much money and its’ accumulation isn’t an important part of their lives.  The right seems to have adequate to a lot of money and fear of losing it is an important part of their lives.  One belief about money that runs down both sides is that you should be able to buy whatever you want, including political office.  We see this on both sides of the aisle.

The ability to achieve power without money is one of the things that made our country great.  Power in all the other governmental systems rely on money as its’ driving factor.  Those with the money, have the power.  This ability to separate power from money has been under steady assault by those with the money.  The Citizens United decision is the last assault that led to the last election and its’ irregularities.