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In "Not One Dime" by James Carville and Paul Begala, they say
The very process of raising money distorts the politician's perspective. You try spending six hours a day, six days a week in a cramped room calling people and sucking up to them for money. If the only people you ever talk to are people with the wherewithal to contribute thousands of dollars to your campaign, that is bound to affect the way you see the world. You don't hear much about the minimum wage from folks who can write a check for $2,000. Nor do you spend a lot of time calling people who don't have health insurance or who can't afford their prescription drugs.
Consider that. The people who are supposed to represent us spend most of their working time begging for money. How many fundraisers do you suppose they have to go to each week? How many middle class constituents do they meet at these fundraisers?
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