In the end, public financing is kind of a fraud. It really doesn't handle the claim of corruption or claim of inequality … in the end it still doesn't reconcile any of the issues, it doesn't take care of lobbyists.

Those dismissed were found guilty of a range of offences including fraud, corruption, aiding offenders escape, smuggling of illegal weapons and substances.

Oil-for-food shows the need for reform. There was fraud, corruption, mismanagement,

We live in blatantly corrupt times.

Think of what you see now in public corruption: kickbacks and wire fraud. This is a joke, except for the fact that these people are so hungry for her.

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.