Reply #1: Corruption is the name of the game. [View All]

Republicans are not the only politicians who take money from the big corporations. Unions are not strong enough to provide the support that candidates need to win elections. And the unions can be bought off. Here in California, Schwarzenegger has offered a huge bond measure that will produce money to pay for construction work. Union members are unlikely to complain about the ultimate cost to taxpayers including themselves because that bond will mean jobs -- including union jobs. Money dominates everything today. It decides who gets elected in most contests. That is the problem. As long as politicians have to raise millions to get a job that pays what politicians get paid there will be corruption.