Analysis

New Report: Outsized Political Influence of Wealthy and Corporate Interests Stack Deck Against Middle Class

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Yesterday, in the midst of Washington debates on the sequester and a minimum wage increase, national policy center Demos released a new paper that reveals the startling connection between political inequality and economic mobility:  As corporations and the donor class wield outsized influence through political spending and civic participation advantages, elected officials are turning away from the economic policies that long guaranteed hardworking Americans the opportunity to join the middle class.

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