The Sen. from Connecticutt and Repr. Wrangel from New York are among those that give DEMOCRACY a bad name by, for example, receiving "courtesy treatment" (as the Sen. said) from a company that is subject to the Sen.'s Committee or Repr. Wrangel's rent benefits (that unfortunately make him look like just one more operator exploiting his position in the community). None of this is any less objectionable than a Congressman pursuing Pages or having affairs with staffers that sometimes lead to resignation. It's the inappropriate use of power, however willing (even volunteering) others maybe to be subjected to exploitation. In general, sex causes more scandal than financial corruption, unless the latter is on a grand scale and therefor uncommon (or so it used to be). I know I am naive in these matters, but my mother and her father always said "Vote to the left of center" for a greater section of the nation will be served by the left's favoring of progressive programs, to which I added the corolary that its members would also lead by good example, i.e. do no harm to the body politic.
My QUESTION:
Isn't any private benefit derived from a position of power, other than lawful compensation, diminishing the wellbeing of the people one is sworn to serve?
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