Governments (ours included) have been stealing money from taxpayers and putting it where it doesnt belong for hundreds of years.
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<br>Its the nature of a "career politician" to do whats best for being elected and re-elected, not whats best for the nation. Why? Because its their career thats why. What are they going to do if they arent in office?
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<br>Thats the differance today in our country's leaders from when it was founded. When our country was founded, all politicians were citizens and businessmen who were not interested in a career of politics, but their own interests in whatever fields they were in. They took leaves of absence from their businesses and professions to become public servants for a time, returning to their lives when their service was up. They had no vested interest in being re-elected, most of them really didnt give a rats ass about re-electtion. Therefore their decisions were based on what was best, as a citizen, not a person who had nothing to return to should their career in politics go to shit. Lobbies meant nothing to them, most of them were already wealthy and didnt need lobby money to take care of them, because they were already successful citizens. Again, the power of the lobby dollar didnt make the decisions, but what was best for the citizens, because they were going right back to being one when they were done.
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<br>In short the problem with our Congressman and Presidents today is most of them are career politicians, not citizens in public service.
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<br>A great book about how the typical government abuses its power and steals from its people only to misappropriate the funds is called "The Law" by Frederick Bastiat. It was written a few hundred years ago by a Frenchman (I know I know, dont freak out just because hes French hes not the typical French Liberal). Although it was written a few hundred years ago, what he says in this book is timeless, has occurred in every single government since Babylon, and still applies today. I highly recommend it.<br><br>Ashenshugar
<br>CO, Weapons of Mass Destruction
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