By contrast, Bloomberg is limiting his outlays to gun-related issues at around $5-10 million. Soros is still on the sidelines. Prior to the Citizens United ruling in 2010, an entire federal election was conducted for less than $500 million, but now it is now possible for the Koch brothers to buy their own government, and for them, $1 billion per election cycle would amount to only about 2.8 percent of their net worth. Or if the Koch brothers were to join up with Adelson, buying an entire government would only take 1 percent of their net worth per two-year cycle. It would take both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to equal the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson’s bank accounts. When Lopez talks about the “pot” he should also be talking about the “kettle.”

The situation we face is horrible, and is going to get worse with each election cycle.

Robert Konradi

Durango