Last week, Erik and I watched two interesting movies. First up, a documentary titled Casino Jack and then a movie with the same title.
The movies tell the story of lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. Abramoff basically scammed the crap out of people & charged exhorbitant fees which pocketed. With the money, he opened restaurants, bought a casino boat, wanted to open a school, and the list goes on. What is awful is that he was charging American Indian tribes MILLIONS of dollars to get them on the agenda in Congress or promised them a meeting with President Bush.
The scam finally came crashing down and Abramoff was sentenced to jail for six years. The men he was in cahoots with also either served time or are still 'cooperating with Officials'. Some Republican representatives also resigned over this. Remember Tom DeLay on Dancing With the Stars? Yeah, he was on DWTS because he doesn't work for the government anymore!
Both movies were really interesting & it was helpful to see the documentary first - it explained everything in a clear way which doesn't always come through in a film. If you want to see how corrupt the lobbyists can be, check these films out!
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