[midjji]

If you wanna be really cynical, then thats not a step the company takes, politicians are quite willing to do it for them, and all by themselves.

[TeMPOraL]

There's a degree of symbiosis here. Politicians may be willing to seek such opportunities out on their own, because it helps their constituents (short-term, at the expense of others), or at least creates an appearance of it, which helps them and their party.