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Let only individuals contribute - with sensible limits per election. Otherwise, we are well on our way to ensuring that a government of the moneyed, by the moneyed, and for the moneyed shall not perish from the earth.

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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