A basic question... If ALL politicians are bad, were they bad before they were elected ?
That is, does it take a certain internal "bad-ness" for a person to work
their way up through the civic organization offices (e.g., PTA), County,
State, and then Federal.
Or is it primarily the degradation of holding public office that erodes the person.
I've worked in State governments and found most State
employees were trying and actually did do a good job,
but the public view of government workers is really poor.
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