Politicians lie. For many, its their only “skill”. Its what they do. The type of person who goes into politics, with its horse trading culture, is inherently a deceptive person who like the perks of office and the feeling of power. Instead of producing useful goods and services and being held to performance standards to survive, like most people are, they are like termites who burrow into the government and feed from its trough of taxpayer money.
I’m not fixated, I’m just recognizing reality. You even acknowledge that “politicians habitually lie.” Politicians are what they are. They are inclined to do what benefits them personally rather than produce the results that the electorate wanted them to produce. Trust me, I’ve seen it first hand at high levels.
So if I hire you and you don’t perform as expected, you’re gone. It doesn’t matter which combination of 101 excuses it was, you didn’t produce. Just like in our personal and business lives, money talks and BS walks.
You are calling the knowledge of why policiticians act as they do any excuse. I’m calling it a reason, or an explanation that voters will benefit from by understanding it.
All too many politicians answer to their biggest donors and not those who vote for them. When more voters understand that and begin basing their votes on it, we should elect more folks who actually represent the people.
You are having a debate with something other than what I have actually said.