Has it never occurred to any of you to compare the way our system of government works with other systems of government? Have none of you ever considered the possibility that this right here is about as efficient as government spending gets?
I mean, sure we could probably make some improvements here and there, but all that amounts to nothing more than tinkering and fine-tuning.
Politicians are humans, not angels. They're not devils, either, but they're no less corrupt, and no more competent, than you and me. We've got a pretty good system of holding them accountable, and pushing them to do good instead of evil, but it's not a perfect system. Mainly, it's not perfect because it's being implemented by people, and people aren't perfect.
Get rid of the bad politicians, okay. But replace them with what? Better politicians? Good luck finding any of those. A few righteous men and women? Dream on!
By all means, let us urge our politicians to be the best people they can be. But let's not get hung up on some laughably impossible utopia where the government is made up of nice people who do no wrong and have the best interests of the masses at heart. There is nobody like that, and the only people who come close aren't interested in politics (e.g., Ghandi, Mother Teresa).
