Dan Schaefer for Missouri

Politicians lecture voters about outside money while raking it in

When politicians answer to their wealthy donors instead of their voters, democracy becomes a privilege of wealth, not a right of the people.

Conservative lawmakers want to gut the public school system, strip it for parts, and hand it over to private interests. Meanwhile, the U.S. is falling behind the rest of the world in academic performance.

When some lawmakers stop winning public support, they stop trying to earn it. Instead, they use their power to force their views on the rest of us.