] Some people think it's more important to give a big
] campaign contribution than to vote…that it's "the
] American way" to buy access and influence with big
] money…that it's OK if public policy is sold to the
] highest bidder. Some even think that the only real
] democracy is in the marketplace, where we all
] supposedly vote with our dollars.
]
] Well, we at Public Campaign disagree, and we believe
] so do a lot of other Americans. Which is why we
] created the "State of the Union" poster. Because we
] wanted to use one picture to say what a thousand words
] couldn't say about the union of big money and Washington.