I&#x27;m afraid I don&#x27;t have the money to devote my life to politics and I&#x27;m much too idealistic to be a good politician.<p>In any event, I&#x27;ve come to the conclusion that the best way to influence the system is to have a lot of money to throw around. Then you can hire a guy to go make speeches for you and spread your message, you can buy scientists to publish research that supports your agenda, you can buy lawyers to silence dissent and block action, you can buy your way into meetings of the other elitely wealthy that really decide where investments flow, how the economy works, who wins and who loses.