Historian Robert Middlekauff says that about 19 percent of the white population of the colonies were loyal to King George III, rather than their own Contintental Congress.
Meanwhile, Gallup finds that our current Congress inspires the confidence of only 11 percent of the population. HMOs rank higher.
The reasons are many, but one in particular is commonsensical: the dependence of Congressional candidates upon private contributions to fund their election campaigns.
Here is Lawrence Lessig, writing in the Washington Post and appearing in a video on its website, about the need for Fair Elections Now Act and the public funding of Congressional election campaigns.
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