The Real Corrupter.

The article presents an excerpt from an article in the "New York Times" regarding political corruption in the United States. I do not know what's more pathetic, Jack Abramoff's sleaze or Republican paralysis in the face of it. If Republicans want to emerge from this affair with their self-respect or electoral prospects intact, they need to get in front of it with a comprehensive reform offensive. If individual members of Congress can control $100 million federal contracts or billion-dollar pork barrel projects, then of course companies are going to find ways to funnel graft to those members.