Yes, you are correct. It is a matter of trust. My Dad imparted this wisdom to me, early and often, "Consider the source, son." It is so true. While we're dogging politicians, I'm reminded of the immortal words of
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Originally Posted by Lazarus Long
Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.
Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again, too. Who decides?
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You're a pro, can you do a better job at what you do than some duffer? Probably. *and* you could probably do a better job at disguising your malfeasance, hypothetically assuming you committed any. Same here. Same at the capitol. But the chances that something good will come from the efforts of an amateur (or a million amateurs) compared to a pro, for something as complex as legislation are slim.
What we share here is the unspoken disgust at unethical behavior, coming from a salesman or a legislator or whomever. That chaps my ass same as you. But it's not because they're professionals.