Political Corruption In The United States

In the United states most elected leaders get their position due to powerful corporate companies. An example of corporate power is when the railroads created the time zone system in order to better time their train departures and arrivals. so if a powerful company can control the way we keep time they can control a politician. So I believe that there should be a cap on political campaigns because it would help keep corruption in check, help the economy and other politicians would have a chance at winning.

Political corruption has ruined all of the greatest empires and it will do the same to the United states. An example of corruption is in the ancient Roman empire. The Roman empire's l leader was Caesar who truly cared for rome and it’s people. Unfortunately other political leaders did not like his policies so they assassinated him. Then shortly after the Roman empire divided and eventually fell due to the greedy. This relates to political campaign spending because the greedy corporations would want to see laws helping their corporation all while funding the political leader to see it through. So if a company could only give a certain amount they would not have as much sway with that politician. This would rid most of the …show more content…
With less leverage over a politician he would be able to put forth reforms that would benefit society not just one corporation. The millions of dollars that could be spent on a company's workforce instead of a politician's campaign would boost our economy by 10 fold. As well, if a young man’s dream can be heard just as loud as superstar’s dream they could be elected and follow through with a full heart. In the end, this can only happen if we can limit political campaign spending. So should the corruption, greed, and popularity take over the country or should it be