Fred Wertheimer on On Point with Tom Ashbrook

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The segment is entitled “Money In Politics: The Gyrocopter’s Complaint” and focuses on the role of money in politics on the road to the 2016 election. According to On Point, “[Money in politics] is a big issue already in the 2016 campaign. This hour On Point: the mailman’s complaint. Big money, dark money, in American politics – and where its flowing.”

The program guests include Ben Montgomery, reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, Jeanne Cumming, political reporter and deputy government editor for Bloomberg News, Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21 and David Keating, president of Center for Competitive Politics.

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