New signs of corruption on capital hill have risen to eye level with the public. It has come to light that lobbyist firm PMA Group was possibly providing fake campaign funds to Representative John P. Murtha, the chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee and other lawmakers. The lawmakers than earmarked more than $100 million dollars to several clients of the PMA Group, who donated close to $100,000 to Murtha’s campaign funds during a last miniature fund raiser. To add more suspicion on PMA’s actions it turns out that the founder of PMA Group was a former top aide to Murtha. If the allegations are true then all illegal contribution will have to be returned and if it is found out that a blind eye was turned towards the fraud, then they could be in legal trouble. Sadly this incident is just another knot in the ever tangling rope that is the American Government’s credibility. Corruption in the Governmental system is a horrible problem that needs to be fixed as fast as possible because it not only destroys the peoples trust in the Government but also could interfere in the actual productivity of the government. If lobbyist can just give money to lawmakers to make them pass certain laws then the government could become an auction house where laws are decided based on who is the highest bidder. If we ever reach that point then the America we all know and love will cease to exist and will become the laughing stock of the world. In order to keep our pride as one of the most successful democracies in the world we must nip this problem in the bottom and do it quickly like a Blitzkrieg.
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