The New York Times' Bob Herbert contrasts the situation of the Egyptian people with that of the United States and says our Democracy is being put up for sale.“The corporate and financial elites threw astounding sums of money into campaign contributions and high-priced lobbyists and think tanks and media buys and anything else they could think of. They wined and dined powerful leaders of both parties…All that money was well spent. The investments paid off big time.”Click here to read the rest of his op-ed.