Longest-serving legislative leader in US history given 7 1/2 years in federal corruption case
teft @ teft @lemmy.world Posts 13Comments 1,694Joined 2 yr. ago

teft @ teft @lemmy.world
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Here is the flaw in your logic: If you encourage corrupt people to run for office you can't guarantee that the people who run will actually care about their constituent's concerns. Allowing corruption just leads to more corruption and everyone gets hurt in the process.