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Op-Ed: Corrupted Congress Inevitably Corrupts Democratic Process

"Corporate Campaign Contributions" Built On Fraudulent "Personhood".

(BEND, Ore.) - Small personal story among my most pertinent memories of early days in Washington, D.C. working for a national association: I was in close contact then with what later became K Street, now notorious for heavy-lavish lobbyist "campaign contributions" shaping our destiny and that of our democracy.

This is the memorable scene encountered - actually, in a crowded Congressional corridor, not so far "off the floor."