Casino Jack and the United States of Money (1:59) 2010

Jack Abramoff, a Washington, D.C. lobbyist, is serving four years in prison. Wanting power and money, Casino Jack along with well known politicians became corrupt. Bob Ney and Tom DeLay are probably the best known of the group. The documentary starts off with Jack and friends becoming involved as conservative College Republicans laying the groundwork to have eventually having access to politicians like George W. Bush. The documentary exams the sweat shops in Saipan, tribal gaming and other issues. I'm not a political junkie and freely admit that a lot of this was new information for me. What I took away from this film is that in order to be elected to the Presidency, the Senate or the House, it takes a lot of money. Lobbyist and special interests have the money to make contributions to political campaigns. Any politician taking money from lobbyists now has to decide as to whose interest will they represent. Should it be special interests or the people of their district? Hmmm, let me think. I think that the people will probably continue to get the short end of the stick as long as this system is allowed to continue. People, it's not looking so good for us. .