I guess ssambros is being downvoted because it seems tautological that politicians run the Republic. But we really should stop to ask whether legislatures shou

I guess ssambros is being downvoted because it seems tautological that politicians run the Republic. But we really should stop to ask whether legislatures should be doing the kind of micromanagement where they routinely divert billions towards one private interest or another. And we should adjust our political rhetoric, voting behaviour and expectations about propriety and the law accordingly.