http://time.com/3937860/gary-hart-america-corruption/
Four qualities have distinguished republican government from ancient
Athens forward: the sovereignty of the people; a sense of the common
good; government dedicated to the commonwealth; and resistance to
corruption. Measured against the standards established for republics
from ancient times, the American Republic is massively corrupt.
From Plato and Aristotle forward, corruption was meant to describe
actions and decisions that put a narrow, special, or personal interest
ahead of the interest of the public or commonwealth. Corruption did not
have to stoop to money under the table, vote buying, or even renting out
the Lincoln bedroom. In the governing of a republic, corruption was
self-interest placed above the interest of all—the public interest.
Yes the Government is out of control, but who really is to blame?
A reminder http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/mcfadden.html
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