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38. Thom Hartmann has repeatedly cited research showing that the top several percent get through

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 01:00 AM

Apr 2016

congress the things they want, but for 90% of people, their wishes are the same as noise -- that is, random.

Researchers Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) have found this to be the case, and please look to the following for leads to the truth: https://represent.us/action/theproblem-4/

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