"Presidential campaigns aggressively competed for dollars up to the last minute of the third quarter, eager to build their bank accounts for an expensive stretch of media advertising and voter outreach." Thanks for the news, Huffington Post!
These candidates aren't important - but their checkbooks are. Imagine if we raised hundreds of millions to feed the 30,000 children that die every day across the world from hunger and preventable disease. But hey, they die so we can watch Fox on broadcast; so we can buy a double bacon cheeseburger for only $1.99; they die so we can work ever so slightly less - unless you're poor here too.
More on this from Blast the Right; check out podcast numbers 61 and 60 for more on this.
What is the statistic? Something like, the richest 400 adults in America possess as much wealth as the poorest 54 million. Go look it up and then get angry.
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