This should surprise...... no one!  The mega-world corporations have taken over our economy and are now taking over our system of government. The middle class, the people, are losing out to the very, very few!  Our Founding Fathers would be appalled that a government set up by, for, and of, the people is now by, for, and of, the mega-corporations.
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