Can money buy governments?

If there's 1 thing i know its that the power of money is NOT to be underestimated.
With enough money we could buy many things,thats when it hit me.
Are governments capable of being on the buyable list?
If we could follow the money,who know what we could find,perhaps the greediest,most powerful group on this planet.

Other than that what other "interesting things" can money buy?

sure just look at mexico for example i bet drug traffickers control my beloved country and yes money can buy govts of course because unfortunately cash rules everything around todays modern society but not me ...

oh yeah cash buys governments.

globalization. large corporations pour money into governments so as too stear the populus in the direction of consumption. they buy their way out of trouble and pay people turn the other way. and feed you the rubbish you see on television.
they fund the wars and heaps of other wild endevours

you pay the government....................... but not enough to actuyally change anything.

[edit on 21-4-2007 by spearhead]

yeppp the interdepence of todays politcal superpowers aka globalization will without a doubt be the cause of many economic problems for the proles