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'''Pay to play''' refers to demands that businessmen give campaign donations in exchange for state government contracts. It is a major form of corruption and in 2009 forced New Mexico governor [[Bill Richardson]] to withdraw as Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce.
'''Pay to play''' refers to a systematic form of [[corruption]] in which businessmen are expected to give campaign donations in exchange for state government contracts. In 2009, allegations of it forced New Mexico governor [[Bill Richardson]] to withdraw as Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce. In 2008, Illinois governor and Obama associate [[Rod Blagojevich]] was removed from office under similar allegations.
[[category:corruption]]
[[category:corruption]]