It has been said before that "money talks", but now we have evidence that "when money talks, politicians listen"

I think this study is very interesting. there are two things that come to mind immediately. 1. Someone posted the other day about Jeb Bush on the board of directors for a pro-Obamacare company. The Breitbart article led the reader through many of Bush's business arrangements since leaving his governorship in Florida-including trying to influence internationally. I remember at the time Sarbanes Oxley passed, Bush Sr. was pressuring W to pass it. It was good for family investments in private equity funding-basically cutting off access for medium sized start ups to go public. Similarly, not all policy is decided legislatively-so even if you could pressure your legislators for their constituency's well being, it wouldn't matter a hoot. I am referring to all of the agencies which are making onerous policies and regulations which have no Congressional oversight and in some cases, no judicial oversight. So, if you are part of the oligarchical circle you are influencing those agencies inside and out.
2. It bothered me the article kept referring to democracy. We of course are not a pure democracy and suggesting that the majority of the public's will is not represented simply by their vote and no other criteria-was kinda creepy to me.