Sixty percent of Americans claim that corruption within our government has grown throughout the last two years. This can be traced back to the issue of taxpayer funds by power-hungry politicians who feel they are invincible. Politicians frequently use the power granted to them as a political figure to achieve something for their own personal advancements. Politicians conceal moral conscience in order to receive individual gain (Bidwell).
Prideful politicians battle each other causing an absence of unification in our government. When office-holder’s oppose one another we begin to lack trust in them because we do not know who to believe. Specifically for elections, candidates tell of how other politicians are not building the government we …show more content…
A large portion of a citizen’s monthly income and sales tax generated on purchased items are taken by our government daily. The corruption of this concept is that the government never seems to have enough. The misuse or misspending of these funds has put our government in a deficit. Fox News Opinion likes to describe taxpayers funds as “the personal piggy bank of tax lobbyists and members of Congress.” One of the most outrageous misuses of revenue is in the defense of corrupt leaders in order to keep them out of jail (The Blaze). Corrupt politicians not only misuse funds, but there has been numerous cases of outright theft. A known example of this is when Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested for being in the act of selling Barack OBama’s vacated senate seat when he was elected president. Citizens were appalled to hear that anyone who had the money and connections could have bribed themselves a seat in the senate. While Governor Blagojevich may not have taken any funds, taxpayer money was used in his defense. Another example can be traced back to the 1800’s, when William Tweed was elected into the House of Representatives in 1852, but shortly after was declared to have stolen one billion dollars from Congress. Around the time Tweed took the money, America was in a one-hundred million dollar debt. (Real Clear Politics). (Chicago
Prideful politicians battle each other causing an absence of unification in our government. When office-holder’s oppose one another we begin to lack trust in them because we do not know who to believe. Specifically for elections, candidates tell of how other politicians are not building the government we …show more content…
A large portion of a citizen’s monthly income and sales tax generated on purchased items are taken by our government daily. The corruption of this concept is that the government never seems to have enough. The misuse or misspending of these funds has put our government in a deficit. Fox News Opinion likes to describe taxpayers funds as “the personal piggy bank of tax lobbyists and members of Congress.” One of the most outrageous misuses of revenue is in the defense of corrupt leaders in order to keep them out of jail (The Blaze). Corrupt politicians not only misuse funds, but there has been numerous cases of outright theft. A known example of this is when Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested for being in the act of selling Barack OBama’s vacated senate seat when he was elected president. Citizens were appalled to hear that anyone who had the money and connections could have bribed themselves a seat in the senate. While Governor Blagojevich may not have taken any funds, taxpayer money was used in his defense. Another example can be traced back to the 1800’s, when William Tweed was elected into the House of Representatives in 1852, but shortly after was declared to have stolen one billion dollars from Congress. Around the time Tweed took the money, America was in a one-hundred million dollar debt. (Real Clear Politics). (Chicago