Neeum Zawan wrote:
> Define government: Federal? State? City? My general perception is that
> corruption goes up the larger the constituency. 

Same here.  Except HOAs maybe. :-)

> "best interests", but I'd say once you get to the federal level, it
> seems that the primary concern is electability. Most do the most they
> can to benefit themselves within that constraint. Electability is what
> is supposed to guarantee that the country gains as well. 

Yep.  But I think they're less worried about getting re-elected now than 
they were, perhaps.

> How often have these people who complain a lot decided to "make
> compromises" and end up voting Republican or Democrat? As long as that
> is their reasoned approach, the party they vote for has no incentive to
> cater to them.

Yep. But the very idea that "as long as I get reelected, I'll do anything I 
can get away with" is what I'm talking about. I mean, we have all kinds of 
scandals, the whole gitmo bay thing, the whole wikileaks thing, etc etc.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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