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To: Ilaine who wrote (44737)	9/17/2002 9:52:41 AM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

>Regardless of how you feel about abortion, I don't see how anyone can consider this to be a bribe. The candidates don't change what they believe in simply to get the funding.> Do you really believe people who pay the money expect nothing? Anyway, there are many other legal ways to bribe a govt. official or politician You know about the revolving door. Cheney is in Bush govt., then goes to Haliburton, then back to Bush govt. Meanwhile makes huge money from Haliburton. Ex-government official joins a lobbyist group. Politicians get portions of IPOs in a hot market. Hillary wins $100,000 playing the commodities market. Ex-presidents making tons of money in "lecture" circuits. And then their is corruption in the private industry. Super bowl tickets, business meetings at strip clubs. Nevertheless, the US system works pretty well and is worth emulating. Arun