“Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.”

too, too funny; its always the other guy.

Harry Brown was a great libertarian who could explain it well.

The dog chasing its tail, for its owners amusement !

To paraphrase Leo Tolstoy:

" There is no other myth that is more nearly persistent than is the myth that where there is "public service" there is virtue."