The Wilmette home of convicted political fixer and influence peddler Tony Rezko has been sold.

A buyer has been found for the 30-room mansion at 1250 Chestnut Ave., said Dina Wasmund of Prudential Starck Realtors in Palatine, who had the list…

Adam Smith believed governments can and should intervene, that oversight is crucial, and excess political influence from economic power was dangerous.
Of course, what we have now is hardly capitalism, but more like a kleptocracy where money gets siphoned to a few who are stealing from the many.
With high-frequency trading dominating the market, frontrunning, permanent bailouts, [...]

President Obama is escalating his war on K Street, proposing a series of tough restrictions a year after he first issued policies aimed at tamping down the influence of lobbyists.

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