Abramoff Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Corruption
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402321.html?hpid=topnewsWashington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 4, 2008; 5:29 PM
From what I read, Abramoff was a strong republican lobbyist who was sentenced to four more years for charges of tax evasion, fraud and conspiracy for plying public officials with gifts in exchange for official actions. This is connected to the idea of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, because he is cheating that idea by bribing officials with meals, gifts, trips, other valuable items, to cause the officials t side with Abramoff and his co-workers. Also he will be losing these rights when he goes to prison. I believe that this happens more then we know and that if we want to keep politics fair, then we need to spend more time in investigating these problems.
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How often do you believe that scandal s such as this occur without going unnoticed? I'm curious who he has bribed and how these briberies have specifically impacted our government.
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