Our Checks and Balances are way, waaaaaaaay off these days.
To these @#$%^&*!-ers, Government is just a way to either rule us or gain, financially. Usually BOTH.
Enough!
A lot of it is about the money. It is an opportunity in D.C. To be immune to insider trading laws and make money off insider knowledge of the stock markets. Steve Kroft of 60 minutes did an exposé a while back. He tried to lean left, but even the people he interviewed showed that Nancy Pelosi doubled in value since she took office in Congress. Not too hard to connect the dots...