Capitol Crimes
In the United States, the government has had to deal with accusations of corruption and duplicity from the beginning of the nation's creation. Unfortunately, many of these accusations have been found to be true and those in positions of political power have been guilty of abusing their roles and of committing illegal acts while purportedly representing the people. In recent years, the corruption has become even more blatant and obvious. Instead of properly representing their constituents, elected officials are becoming more concerned with their political careers and with increasing their power and expanding their bank accounts. This is completely antithetical to the original purpose of the representational government system that the Founding Fathers instituted (Barbour 20). In Bill Moyer's documentary Capitol Crimes, the filmmakers explore just how bad the issue of political corruption has become and how it affects everyone who is led by that corrupt government. Examining the case of super lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the researchers show how bad the situation is and how important it is for people to be aware of what might happen to their government officials if there is not enough supervision and observation to hinder their machinations.
Lobbying is a legal practice in the United States wherein special interest groups hire people to appeal to those in the government and convince the people's representatives to vote the way that the interest desires them to. The groups which provide the most amount of money to the politicians are the ones which receive the most attention from those political leaders. According to the book Keeping the Republic by Christine Barbour, "The rules of interest group politics reward some group characteristics -- such as size, intensity, money, effective leadership, and the possession of information -- more than others (perhaps social conscience or humanitarianism)" (531). With this system, there is an inherent possibility of corruption and chicanery. The Representatives or Senators listen to the desires of the lobbyists and in return for a pledge of their vote will receive gifts such as vacations or other expensive presents. There have been cases where money has exchanged hands although this is technically...
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