On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:16:30 -0500, Grady Brandt <gbrandt at tampabayfcu.org> wrote: > Taxes seem to be spent more on keeping assorted officials well stocked on > toys though. At least if they're bribes then you know the money is being > spent on what you want it to be spent on. I've heard that the difference between an honest politician and a dishonest one is that the dishonest one stays bought. He is selling his word and if he changes his mind, the value of what he has to sell goes down. Meanwhile we elect an honest politician who promises us X, he can change his mind and give us Y. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/