Politics is the selling of political power.
Sound ridiculous? What is the job of a lobbyist?
What is illegal and unethical, what gets a low and mid level buerocrat fired for corruption and unethical conduct is normal MO for the politician and political appointee.
The US is at the political top just as corrupt as the worst bannana republic. What makes us different is that at the low and mid levels you have relatively low corruption, unlike most of the rest of the world (example Mexico).
The average average FBI agent, background checks, polygraph, financial monitoring, movement monitoring, random communications being monitored, with a video camera recording, a partner he might not know well, recorded radio and interviews, is afraid to accept a $25 lunch as this could be an “ethics violation,” but his most senior bosses like Comey, Wray, Holder, Lynch, Obama, Biden...
The average average FBI agent, background checks, polygraph, financial monitoring, movement monitoring, random communications being monitored, with a video camera recording, a partner he might not know well, recorded radio and interviews, is afraid to accept a $25 lunch as this could be an “ethics violation,” but his most senior bosses like Comey, Wray, Holder, Lynch, Obama, Biden...
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