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I agree with that premise but not the conclusion. No one gets into public service in order to enrich others, but one day people wake up and find themselves ope

• _qulr 6y ago
  Exactly this. Bill Clinton's life goal wasn't to use the Presidency as a stepping stone to wealth. He just wanted to be President, and would probably still be running if there weren't term limits. But once you enter the government, you suddenly realize that people are willing to throw large sums of money at you to become "friends". Even if politicians don't start out corrupt, corruption is hard to avoid while in office.
• Aunche 6y ago
  Do you have any evidence or is this pure speculation? There are fewer treasury securities and fed chairs than there are CEOs of major financial institution. If they were really bribed, I'd expect the bribes to be much bigger.