“Business as usual in Chicago and Springfield”
You’re right but I still can’t understand this kind of behavior. He had a decent education and was elected by the people to serve them and he takes bribes? He had a bright future and could have been known as an honorable man but I guess that doesn’t hold much value anymore.
It probably wouldn't make sense in your neighborhood or mine. But in order to get elected he may have had to pay a considerable sum to the people needed to register and vote for dead people. There may have been payments to the powers-that-be in Chicago to permit him to run.
In addition to student loans, this guy may spend years paying off favors that got him where he is. Imagine the size of the corrupted economy in Chicago. This guy may have had to donate to Obama in order to receive the support he got.