Well, back when I was a young man seeking a summer job at a government agency in Maryland, I asked my Congressmen for a letter of recommendation. He didn't know me, but he wrote one anyone. He was trolling for either a vote or... well, Lord amercy we, lets just not talk about it.
By the way, I now know how the world works. His staff wrote a letter, with government franking priveleges, and the recipient agency had a staff who wrote the nice Congressman back a nice letter, on government time and government postage saying that they didn't really have anything right now, but if something opened up they would get right on it.
Were arguing between world's first and second oldest professions.
Even Greta and Nancy would have a hard time making a case out of this....for now.
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