Political Corruption In The United States

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Political corruption has existed since the beginning. It is thought to be the most important in the position of power, due to the role money plays in getting people power. Politicians use many techniques to gain an advantage in an election and money to acquire wealth. It all has to deal with their desire to be superior and feel better than society in general. They make promises that in the long run, never result to come in action. Nonetheless, over the years corruption has changed so much making it difficult to define as in what is legal and what is illegal. I think all politicians are cold hearted and corrupt, they don’t care what happens to the people they represent as long as they can stay in office. Politicians simply do what benefits their …show more content…
Obama said that if we liked our health care plan, we could keep it, but we all know that never happened. Instead, when he approved the Affordable Care Act it ended up switching everyone's plan. This is an example of how politicians say things that make people believe that there will be a change for the better, so they can be elected or be reelected and stay in office. I think this is incorrect and counts as a type of corruption because it is misleading the United States citizens to believe a lie that is expected to be true. This does not transpire with few politicians, but with every single one of them and if this goes on publicly what can be occurring behind the scenes where no one knows what is …show more content…
The examples above, like Sheldon Silver show that even though he was one of the best in New York he still ended up receiving close to $5 million in bribes and now he is paying the price. Another great example would be Obama and how he did not keep his word in saying if we like our medical care plan we could keep it and although this seems minor I still view this as corruption for not being sincere with the people who elected him as president of the United States. Furthermore, leading me to wonder how we can leave the fate of our country in the hands of corrupt politicians who make poor decisions that only thinking of themselves. This is why I think all the politicians are corrupt and don't care what happens to the people they