This is a widespread disease. Soft money is the way to buy access and influence.

We'll spend that one billion euros for mad cow disease, but that's all, because there's no more money left.

Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire Que ce petit nez retrousse Changerait les lois d'un empire.]

You cannot deny that the influence of money and lobbying on this town has gotten progressively worse over the last several years.

We know match officials are offered money or anything to influence matches and they can accept it.

That's an extraordinary amount from a corporation with major issues pending before the federal government.