I have said a lot of pretty strong things about the influence of money on legislative policy and the consequent harm to the middle class. In one sense, that’s unremarkable. I am an academic with lifetime tenure, I have spent a professional lifetime studying middle class legal and economic issues, and if I see a problem and I don’t speak out, then shame on me.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1250015