TY - BOOK AU - Kaiser,Robert G. TI - So damn much money: the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government SN - 9780307385888 AV - JK 2249 K13d 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Lobbying KW - Corrupt practices KW - United States KW - Political corruption KW - Cabildeo KW - Estados Unidos KW - Prácticas Corruptas KW - Corrupción Política KW - Politics and government N1 - Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2009. With new epilogue; Includes bibliographical references and index; A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- "Would that be proper?" -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the House -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Politics, then government -- Hard times -- A corroded culture ER -