Corruption and crony-capitalism are rightly considered bulwarks to economic growth, innovation, and equality. Citizens United v. FEC, the controversial Supreme Court case, is often critiqued over its perceived role in opening the flood gates to big-money interests and their potential for corruption in the United States. This paper is an observational analysis on the relationship between Citizens United v. FEC, money in politics, corruption, and economic health. The analysis of the relationship between political expenditures and governance utilizes data from the Center for Responsive Politics to measure the former and the World Bank's six World Governance Indicators to measure public-sector corruption and decay. To analyze the relationship between political expenditures and the economy this paper utilizes the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ data on Gross Domestic Product and Gross Private Domestic Investment. This paper’s analysis from 2000-2019 finds a significant observed negative correlation between political expenditures and the World Governance Indicators and no such correlation between expenditures and Gross Domestic Product or Gross Private Domestic Investment.