[FreeReign]

He's discussed this many times, and does not hide the fact that he was forced to do business with politicians, or suffer the consequences.

Sounds like a system where donors are "beholden" to politicians.

But I thought I heard it was the other way around.

[Luircin]

Ten seconds of thought will tell you that the answer is ‘both.’

You know, ten seconds of thought without trying to come up with a smarmy post to score cheap points.