Go ahead and corrupt the gov't as long as I can keep the job

Martin Kaste of NPR reports on a law that is getting a lot of attention in Montana. Back in 1912 the state's voters passed a law that says corporations can't spend money on political campaigns. After the Supremes allowed exactly that (and with no dollar limit) in the Citizens United case, the Montana Supremes upheld the state law. This may be a chance for the Supremes to reconsider their earlier decision (or smack down Montana).

Jim Bopp, one of the lawyers who took the Citizens United case to the Supremes, looked at Montana's history of a few copper kings controlling state government and said this:

There's nothing evil about spending money on an election.

What I saw is a situation in which 80 percent of the people in Montana, their employment depended on this industry. When that situation occurs in any state, people bend over backwards to help those industries because they like to be employed.

Which implies the jobs an industry supplies is more important than anything else. Corruption is permissible as long as the minions have jobs. I don't agree, though the line resonates well in an economic slump.