Ed Huntress wrote:

Indeed it does, Mark. And it's the "developing relationships" part
that's the most corrupting influence on our government. The "learning
how to get things done" part depends on how many corrupting
relationships are controlling the process.

I don't think everyone who gets into government service automatically gets
corrupted. Hopefully the ones that don't outnumber the ones who do. IIRC
there were a lot of people who weren't stung by Abscam. (Including Daschle,
IIRC.)

-- Mark