Lawmakers continue to invite corporate lobbyists to help pay for fund-raisers that look a lot like the ones that Congress just barred lobbyists from sponsoring.
One read through the current issue of the Economist will show you that the U.S. is not alone in having a corrupt legislative branch. Corruption is everywhere, but is more endemic to governments that try to micromanage the economy.
Oh, yeah. I don't believe corruption started here (perhaps I should have phrased it differently). We learned it from the British-government who learned it from the Romans, who thought it was their duty to corrupt all of the world's governments.
