"They are important because they can buy political favors, support the politicians they want and fight off attempts to control them."

People know me well enough to know that I do not buy favors or publicity.

In these states money does not buy special favors from so-called representatives, and the power is back to the voters.

Political contributions may not buy specific favors, but they create expectations for the future.

He probably wouldn't have to buy favors at all.

And that would be the end of Officer Heller's ability to buy favors, and off to Earth we'd go.

But reform would be much less costly than letting lobbyists buy political favors at taxpayer expense.

Worse, income and wealth inequalities threaten democratic principles in a country that invites the rich to buy political favors.

Member items are ways of using tax money to buy favors for incumbents.

Later on, when I began my own record company, I still didn't get involved in buying favors.