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Tom Udall: It is a broken system based on a flawed premise that spending money on elections is the same thing as free speech.

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
It is a broken system based on a flawed premise that spending money on elections is the same thing as free speech.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the belief that monetary spending equates to free speech in elections.

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