Ana Kasparian Quotes

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.

Our democratic system is slowly being corroded and eroded by the influence of PAC money.

I find the Democratic party overall, on a macro level, to be institutionally corrupt.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

It starts with campaign finance reform.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

I don't think people want to see someone buy a congressional race.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Politics is broken.

I am willing to undergo the disadvantage in order to make certain that in the future we shall reduce the power of money in politics..

Donald Trump came to a political field that had already been shaped by big money in politics.

That would be the biggest shake-up Washington ever had, if big money didn't dictate who the candidates were and who got elected.

Money's dominance over politics isn't merely one problem of many our country faces. It is the problem! It is a growing crisis that prevents us from tackling anything else.

Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest groups.

The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.

Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.

The role of money in politics is a major problem and particularly the role of unchecked anonymous money.

We need to get big money out of Washington.

With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.

I think our politicians are bought by the highest bidder and that until we clean up our election system, then we cannot make progress on any of the issues. That's what drives me - we must restore our democracy.

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.

Washington is dominated by big money.