Theory of Power in our Government

I agree with Brian. C. Wright Mills' theory of there being elitists and that they are in control of the government is completely true. Ever since the beginning of the U.S. there have been those rich white dudes in control. The men who founded this country where rich white dudes themselves. These men (and women) are needed to help fund the government. The huge CEO's have all of this money and what do they spend it on? They spend it on congressmen who will help pass laws and bills that will make said CEO even richer. This sadly leaves the common people to just sit by and watch everything happen. That one percent controls a huge percent of the government. Look at Bill Gates. he is the world's richest man having a net worth of about 81 billion dollars. He passed a certain criteria of education called Common Core in the past few years. How did he do this? He doesn't have a seat in Congress so how was he involved in this? The answers are simple. he has money so he can influence the government any way he wants. If that's a good thing or bad thing it's up to the common people to decide. But all in all, the actions of one elitist can completely outweigh that of a middle-class citizen. There will always be people that are horribly rich and they will always be influencing the government for better or for worse; we as common people under the government just have to deal with that.