Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on is money corrupting politics or is it offering people a voice in the political process.

Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on is money corrupting politics or is it offering people a voice in the political process. The propensity or tendency of money to corrupt is not only in the case of politics. A surfeit of money or money laundering could corrupt any kind of Endeavour, including religion, fine arts, education, and so on. Money but itself does not corrupt. But, its usage and utilization in the hands of unscrupulous agents are definitely a cause for corruption. especially when it happens to land in the hands of people who are unaware of what to do with it and have no safe options for its disposal or judicious distribution. When considering the House in the California region, it is seen that most of the incomes for candidates have accrued from personal “contributions,” (from professional persons and individuals). (2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for California). Coming to the Senate, it is observed that “Barbara Boxer” ($3m), “Carly Fiorina” ($2m), “Chuck Devore” ($1m), “Tom Campbell” ($534,654) and “Al Ramirez” ($10,375) are the top five candidates. (2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for California: All Senate Candidates…CA).

The commonality with the House is that the majority of the money in both cases of House and Senate is from individual donors and contributors. These form the chunk of money received by candidates of Democratic, Republicans, and others.

No, there are wide disparities in the types and quantum of contributions given to the candidates and politicians. For one thing, when we consider that the total “receipts” for candidates in California is around $56m, out of which “disbursements” have been to the tune of $38m and a “cash in hand” balance of $41m is left, against a “debt” accumulation of around$5m. (2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for California).&nbsp.When this is compared with the politicians or Senate members, it is seen that that the total “receipts” for Senate in California is around $17m, out of which “disbursements” have been to the tune of $8m and a “cash in hand” balance of $ 13m is left, against a “debt” accumulation of around $886,843. (2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for California).