CNN: Where money and politics collide

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You may be experiencing the consequences of this collision every morning as you step into your workspace. Businesses like to make a good profit, expand, and have to hire more employees, but they don't like to spend money on their workers' office or cubicle.

When you are trying to get through the day working in a dark, horrible, messy, cramped, or technologically outdated space, you ought to upload a video and enter the Pimp My Cube Contest.

Make the video as funny or compelling as you can, give a detailed explanation why you need Contest Factory to come in giving it a good make-over, upload it and invite family, friends and coworkers to vote for your entry. Encourage them to register too, because you also get sweepstakes entry points for registering, voting, commenting, and inviting others to enter the contest.

Based on votes and other various criteria, the CF judges will select the winner of the grand prize of around $1200. Since no one has entered the contest yet, you have a great shot at winning a new high end computer system, or office furniture and decorations, or a new entertainment package with high end stereo, espresso machine, etc.

Even if you don't win the grand prize, you are still in the running for a $200 gift card which will be given to one of the registered users, chosen by random drawing at the end of the contest.

Take out your phone or use your webcam, shoot an entertaining or pitiful video and enter it before midnight of January 31st, 2012. Don't miss the contest's deadline; you could be sitting comfortably afterwards!