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funding and work to please those with the money. Robert Reich estimates that

half of all Americans with a million dollar a year income or greater have had

their picture taken with the president. All this attention is going to a group

that consists of less than 90,000. This cannot be healthy for a government that

is supposed to work for all Americans. When congress persons make decisions

based on whether it will fill their campaign fund, it is not representative of

the people that they should be representing. The decisions that they make may be

harmful to the people, but that does not matter to some politicians. All that

matter to them is dollars. The people don?t know this though because those

dollars are sepnt trying to convince everyone that their representative did a

good job and worked for their best interest. Money does matter to politicians

and they remember and reward those who get them into office. Donations made by

corporations often hurt individuals either financially or even medically.

Corporations make up a large portion of the groups that give generous donations.

These corporations do not care what is good for the people, all they care about

is their own bottom line. If this means shipping unsafe or unhealthy products,

that is what will be done. Food companies have donated $41 million dollars on

the promise by candidates, that once in office, will not make stricter

regulations on e-coli protection. E-coli is a deadly bacteria that infects

numerous people every year. But as a result of donatoins by food companies,

goverment will not regulate these companies to protect Americans. Food companies

are not alone, the cotton industry is also at fault. Safety standards that some

companies include on night wear voluntarily because of the great risk of burns,

are not national law. The cotton industry gives generous contributions to

Congress in hopes that any legislation concerning safety standards will be shut

down. These are safety standards that have already saved dozens of lives and

could save many more. Campaign money from industries stops laws that would help

out every American. New drugs are released into the market for public use

everyday. The company that originated the drug holds a patent on that drug for