> every successful politician has somebody powerful and rich behind them who groomed them into position they have now, its not like they get elected and decide/

> every successful politician has somebody powerful and rich behind them who groomed them into position they have now, its not like they get elected and decide/vote from that point on based on their own moral values That sounds like an argument for public financing of political campaigns and the elimination of private contributions. How are political campaign contributions not bribery? For some reason, we allow and have legalized bribery in this area.