The money is in politics because the government has more power than it was ever supposed to have. If people really want to get the money out of politics they need to get the power out of Washington. Lower the stakes in our elections, and buying seats in Congress will be a less lucrative investment.
I’m pretty sure there’s no one left that still has our old landline number; we’ve only been getting voicemails emailed to us for the past few years, first from the VoIP outfit we switched it to around ten years ago, and now from a number-parking service that let me put the “this number is disconnected” tone at the start of the greeting message. A lot fewer voicemails since I did that.
It was Doc’s catchphrase in that movie, but Val Kilmer was playing him. Russell played Wyatt Earp.