Arguably the worst thing Abramoff was involved in was keeping the status quo of indentured servitude in Saipan (Pacific island - US territory). Franken covers this in
The Truth (with jokes) and ironically I've been on this section of his book since Abramoff has been in the news for his plea. He lobbied for the fat cat clothing business executives over there who lived like kings off of the backs of people from China, Sri Lanka, and other poor countries. The workers lived behind barbed wire, did not have proper working facilities (broken toilets, showers, etc), and were forced to have abortions if they got pregnant. It seems it has been cleaned up since (
http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/index.php?s=54). I can't believe how horrible this man is!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/09/real.delay/
According to law firm records recently made public, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, paid millions to stop reform and keep the status quo, met personally at least two dozen times with DeLay on the subject in one two-year period. The DeLay staff was often in daily contact with Abramoff.
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DeLay fully approved of the working and living conditions. The Texan's salute to the owners and Abramoff's government clients was recorded by ABC-TV News: "You are a shining light for what is happening to the Republican Party, and you represent everything that is good about what we are trying to do in America and leading the world in the free-market system"
Later, DeLay would tell The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin that the low-wage, anti-union conditions of the Marianas constituted "a perfect petri dish of capitalism. It's like my Galapagos Island."
These companies (Tommy Hilfiger USA, Gap, Calvin Klein and Liz Claiborne) could stamp "Made in the USA" on their clothing legally. This is one of the sickest things I have ever heard.