Four Numbers

The basic problem can be summed up with four numbers:

1. 0.26% of Americans give more than $200 in a congressional election;
2. 0.05% max out;
3. 0.01% give more than $10,000;
4. .000063% -- 196 Americans -- have given more than 80% of the superPAC money spent so far in this election.

-- Larry Lessig: The corruption of the American political system, Durham, NC, posted 13 June 2012 by Melanie Chernoff