So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
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With a New ForewordIn So Damn Much Money, veteran Washington Post editor and correspondent Robert Kaiser gives a detailed account of how the boom in political lobbying since the 1970s has shaped American politics by empowering special interests, undermining effective legislation, and discouraging the country’s best citizens from serving in office. Kaiser traces this dramatic change in our political system through the colorful story of Gerald S. J. Cassidy, one of Washington’s most successful lobbyists. Superbly told, it’s an illuminating dissection of a political system badly in need of reform. The Washington Post - James Q. Wilson a fascinating book…[So Much Damn Money] will help us understand national politics by giving us a close-up look at a key lobbying firm that pioneered the expansion of earmarks.
Chapter 1 Scandal for Our Time 3Chapter 2 Looking Down on the Capitol 25Chapter 3 The Art of Self-Invention 33Chapter 4 A Washington That Worked 52Chapter 5 A New Kind of Business 64Chapter 6 Corrupt or Correct? 82Chapter 7 Earmarks Become Routine 98Chapter 8 A Great Awakening 114Chapter 9 A Marriage Unravels 124Chapter 10 "Would That Be Proper?" 132Chapter 11 A Money Machine 152Chapter 12 Disaster Averted 165Chapter 13 Tricks of the Lobbying Trade 183Chapter 14 The New Technology of Politics 197Chapter 15 Disorder in the House 204Chapter 16 Becoming a Conglomerate 215Chapter 17 Influencing Policy for Profit 226Chapter 18 Public Service, Private Rewards 250Chapter 19 Radical Ends, Radical Means 261Chapter 20 Cash Cow on the Potomac 274Chapter 21 Elections Bought and Sold 290Chapter 22 Politics, Then Government 302Chapter 23 Hard Times 319Chapter 24 A Corroded Culture 343Epilogue 361Acknowledgments 369Notes 373Index 387
