#ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy Democracy and the Donor Class by Gara LaMarche http://occupywallst.org/article/democracy-and-donor-class-gara-lamarche/ Foundations and philanthropists do much good, but these unelected actors have acquired enormous power to shape policy. Should they be reined in? Though this is not the way I would usually describe my career, one way of looking at it is that I spent my first 20 working years trying to raise money, and the next 15 trying to give it away. The transition, which took place when I left Human Rights Watch in 1996 to found the United States Programs of George Soros’s Open Society Institute, was a challenging one... RELATED: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/koch-brothers-launch-ad-campaign-to-help-public-image/