Everything is For Sale: even Elections

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There is a great lesson from recent Wisconsin elections: everything is for sale. It's not people who win an election, it's not merit or political platforms... it's MONEY who wins elections. It's about which candidate outspends the others.

Walker was the beneficiary of a Wisconsin law passed in 1987 that directly inclined the balance in his favor: in a recall, the politician being recalled can accept donations of unlimited size from individuals and the opponent can't.