Is it fair to say that the American government is based on bribery?

The definition of bribe, "money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust" (merriam-webster.com/) would lead me to believe that this assessment is true. If this is not true, why? What would be the difference between a "bribe" and what our Congressmen/women are accepting?

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Campaign contributions and earmarks are done publicly; bribery is done in secret. If you want to contend that America runs on money, that American politics is controlled by the wealthy, that in pragmatic terms America is a one-dollar-one-vote system instead of one man one vote, I might agree. The word you want to look up up is: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plutocracy Sources: No (IMO) .

K Street. A corporation or an industry group can spend money on research and development or they can spend money on lobbying. With R&D they might get a big return or they might end up in the hole.

With lobbying, they are guaranteed a 1,000% return on investment. They can spend $10 million on lobbying and get tax breaks, incentives, and subsidies worth hundreds of millions or even billions. Legislators that leave office enter the lobbying industry and make millions for themselves helping business gain access to decision makers.

The revolving door between lawmakers and lobbyists swings both ways. All of Bush’s appointed positions are staffed by former lobbyists, not experts or scientists in those fields. All they did was to hand over those departments to industry.

The head of the EPA has been told by the Supreme Court that it is unlawful for them to fail to regulate carbon emisions. A year later, they still refuse to enforce the law because they don't want business to have to pay any money for the pollution they make. corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15004 Reading the above New York Times article, a reasonable person could conclude that business bought the Bush administration by financing elections, and in return they have been given a Get Out Of Jail card for breaking the law.

Ironically, the one candidate that might do anything about it can’t get himself arrested, mush less elected. Ralph Nader has no hope of attracting campaign contributions from corporations, so he doesn’t even get a mention in the national "debate. " http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/1266-Bailout-Bonanza.html The examples and details of the corporate takeover of our government are limitless.

You only need to read the New York Times. However, our voters don’t read at all, let alone the Times. They watch Baywatch and NASCAR and dismiss any reports of corruption as "Liberal Media." story will show that corporations have stolen our nation, but by the time history is written, the rich bastards will be dead and they won’t care.

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