Does Money Corrupt Elections And The Political Process?

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Abdirahman Hassan
US Politics 1130
Debate Brief #3: Does Money corrupt elections and the political process?

Money makes the world go round, you’ve heard this saying before haven't you? In politics money is a big resource. Money does not always have the power to corrupt elections and the political process but money can have an impact on elections and campaigns. Without money campaigning would be a lot tougher. but not always does a candidate with more money win. Money in politics is coming from a lot of sources, money is coming in from tax payers, “small donations” PACs and passionate interest groups.
If the Political Action Committees main functions are to collect and raise enough money to influence campaigns, then that clearly states …show more content…

“There are two things that are important in politics, the first thing is money, and I can’t remember the second.”- Mark Hana. With that being said, Their is nothing more important than politics and nothing matters in politics other than money.
Almost every American citizen agrees that there's too much money going into politics and the ones that do not agree have money coming in and are benefiting from it. When money is being dealt, there are a lot of cards that go into politics, and if you do not play your cards right you can get burnt. Hanna Mark, the great Republican kingmaker of the 19th century talks about how back in her days in the 1970s, congress was a lot more strict on political money, therefore politics was handled ethically and credent. When congress became strict after the watergate scandal they placed stricter laws and regulations. Money corrupts politics in almost any given way. Money runs everything in the world today. “ Money is the root of all evil.”- This saying goes a long way, it does not literally mean money is evil. This saying is implying that money is what separates everyone in this world, the rich from the poor, our economic classes and things like if you live in a nice neighborhood or have an

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