THE INTERPRETER: Dysfunctional America. “An Unaccountable Government, Released from Constitutional and Legal Constraints” | Whoever is elected is indebted not to voters but to the special interests that provided the campaign money. Once elected the official serves the private interest groups that put the official in office. In America the government can be bought and sold just like everything else. In its Citizens United ruling, a Republican Supreme Court put its stamp of approval on the right of corporations to purchase the US government : Global Research