Letters: Do voters have control anymore?

The cartoon on the Nov. 6 Op-Ed page asks, “Which is the most powerful place in America?,” and selects the voting booth from among four choices, including Capitol Hill, the Pentagon and the White House. The cartoon reflects a quaint, naive view of contemporary American politics.

A truer view is reflected in the diagram elsewhere in the same paper that shows the flow of money into the campaigns for California’s ballot initiatives. The “most powerful places” are now corporate boardrooms or the offices of the Koch brothers, who pour tens of millions of dollars into races to get results that increase their profits.

The White House, Pentagon, Congress and voters in the cartoon are only means to achieve their ends.

Henry Hespenheide

Hermosa Beach

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