Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Who Owns Our Government?

Who Owns Our Government?

This program with Bill Moyers examines the effect of political contributions on public policy. The program shows how campaign contributions to key committee members of Congress helped cause the Savings and Loan debacle; how a loophole in the campaign finance law is permitting large cash contributions—so called "soft money"—to undermine the public financing of presidential campaigns; and how special interest money from the $700 billion health care industry is being used to undermine health care reform. (60 minutes)

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Item#: BVL5038
Copyright date: ©1992
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-9273-8

Part of the Series : Listening to America with Bill Moyers


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