But if government was operating at its proper role, it would be hard to sell influence because influence would have to be earned rather than bought and sold.
All human institutions are corrupt. The more power they have, the more corrupt they are.
Our form of government sucks, but it sucks a lot less than the rest of them.
21 posted on 04/13/2007 11:18:14 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)