I haven't heard of any unsuccessful ex-presidential candidates going bankrupt, have you? The rich take care of their own.

Anyway, when the banks can simply create new "money" anytime they want to...in the form of debt that is owed to them by the rest of society...why should there be any lack of it for them and their cronies in business and politics.

And when you control both candidates, why do you have to know far in advance which one of them is going to win? The mood of the public is quite important in the ongoing process...that's what all the hoopla is about, it's intended to sway the mood of the public and capitalize upon it. It's necessary for the credibility of the system that the American public should periodically regain hope and confidence through a new, fresh face (like Obama's in 2008, for instance) being put in front of them! This can mean that one candidate becomes more viable than the other at some point during an election...because no one can guarantee that things won't swing in an unexpected direction...specially with other countries perhaps doing things they weren't expected to.

So the simple answer is this: Buy out the 2 candidates through funding them. Buy out virtually all the congressional candidates too in the same way. Give them all lotsa money so they can throw it into their respective propaganda efforts. Keep an eye on the process. At some point one presidential candidate will probably gain a real advantage over the other. Great. Give him even more money. He'll win. But even if he doesn't, for some unexpected reason...you still own the other candidate's soul anyway. So either way, the elite gets what they want. And that's the real story in Washington.

It's one of the parties that doesn't get what it wants at the end of an election! But why should the elite care about that? It doesn't even matter from their point of view.

Bankers are the real dictators of America. And Canada. And the UK. And most other "democracies". And your vote can't do a damn thing about it...unless you get some very brave and honest politicians at the very top who, by some miracle, manage to get enough funding to make their views known and to get elected.