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**jhfkgkfdvjk** · 04-05-2011, 03:01 PM

Well folks. All I can do is ask: What happened to the concept of truth in government?

Politics doesn't have to be based on lying to the people. It can be based on telling the truth, making the truth available to all and allowing the people decide what we want this country to be.

Of course, I now have to question the value of what the majority of the people want today. But that is a different story.

The lack of truth in government is part of a larger picture. Our businesses have no ethics and constantly seek to evade government regulation. Major corporations pay zero taxes. College students pay others to write their papers. Public School administrators tamper with student grades to make their schools look better than they are. Patriotic feel-good companies are out-sourcing jobs over-seas. C.E.O.s plunder their own companies and collect massive bonuses. Profesional athlets are on "performance enhancing" drugs. Clergy are having sex with children.

Why should we expect honest politicians, when society is so accepting of coruption everywhere else?

Why should politicians be honest, when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar -- and still get reelected?

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jhfkgkfdvjk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	Well folks. All I can do is ask: What happened to the concept of truth in government? Politics doesn't have to be based on lying to the people. It can be based on telling the truth, making the truth available to all and allowing the people decide what we want this country to be. Of course, I now have to question the value of what the majority of the people want today. But that is a different story. The lack of truth in government is part of a larger picture. Our businesses have no ethics and constantly seek to evade government regulation. Major corporations pay zero taxes. College students pay others to write their papers. Public School administrators tamper with student grades to make their schools look better than they are. Patriotic feel-good companies are out-sourcing jobs over-seas. C.E.O.s plunder their own companies and collect massive bonuses. Profesional athlets are on "performance enhancing" drugs. Clergy are having sex with children. Why should we expect honest politicians, when society is so accepting of coruption everywhere else? Why should politicians be honest, when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar -- and still get reelected?
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