Money

Money affects politics in many ways.It is not a good thing. Most politicians come into politics with a real hope for change and they say they will help people and fight for them. This is completely changed once lobbyists and corporations want to get something done. They talk to elected officials and can easily bribe them to sway their vote. This is what corrupts today's politics. I do not think any laws governing this subject would work because they can not be enforced. Its not hard to have a secret meeting with a politician and offer him/her money in exchange for votes. All we can really do is hope that whatever it is they took money for, it is at the very least not harmful to citizens or damage the environment badly.