When winning control is more important than serving the public, lying, cheating, stealing, and playing to the public’s lowest common denominators — (e.g.) race, religion, fear, anger, etc — are what politics are all about. Reagan was wrong when he dissed America with his negative assertion “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”, … in reality, the actual menace is elsewhere. It should be “I’m from a political party, and I’m here to help” as partisanship NOT our Constitution is dragging America through the mud and making us dysfunctional and helpless.
When winning control is more important than serving the public, lying, cheating, stealing, and playing to the public’s lowest common denominators — (e.g.) race, religion, fear, anger, etc — are what politics are all about. Reagan was wrong when he dissed America with his negative assertion “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”, … in reality, the actual menace is elsewhere. It should be “I’m from a political party, and I’m here to help” as partisanship NOT our Constitution is dragging America through the mud and making us dysfunctional and helpless.