{"id":1937,"date":"2014-04-19T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2014-04-19T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T22:08:00","slug":"slouching-toward-oligarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=1937","title":{"rendered":"Slouching toward oligarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/articles.baltimoresun.com\/2014-04-02\/news\/bal-slouching-toward-oligarchy-commentary-20140401_1_political-parties-billionaires-president-obama','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-52fa862f\/turbine\/bs-bs-tenga-egg-jpg-20140211\/2048\/1365x2048\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/articles.baltimoresun.com\/2014-04-02\/news\/bal-slouching-toward-oligarchy-commentary-20140401_1_political-parties-billionaires-president-obama\\'&gt;Slouching toward oligarchy [Commentary]&lt;\/a&gt;The country\\'s billionaires are even more in charge today now that candidates look directly to them for funding America is not yet an oligarchy, but that\\'s where Charles and David Koch and a few other billionaires are taking us. 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