I'll hijack my own comment and post some more good stuff. Zephyr Teachout wrote a great history of corruption, I'm still reading it now, but you can get a good

I'll hijack my own comment and post some more good stuff. Zephyr Teachout wrote a great history of corruption, I'm still reading it now, but you can get a good taste from this NYT review: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/books/review/zephyr-teachouts-corruption-in-america.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/books/review/zephyr-teacho... I'll also mention that our biggest challenge to scaling this is money. If you know people who would be interested in donating, please hit me up at jim@counterpac.org. You can also send PayPal donations there if you're so inclined!