Pay to play
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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.
Both parties play the game.