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Why do Legislatures think only of themselves?
Why are Legislators so mean to their citizens?
4 Answers
- kathy_is_a_nurseLv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
Power... plain and simple. The longer a politician is in office the more likely he/she is to be more concerned with increasing his power base. It might interest you to know that statistically, ethics violations against Congresspeople tend to increase dramatically after they have been in office for 20+ years.
That's why we need term limits for Congress.
- ron hLv 72 years ago
It's a combination of money from lobbyists and the Koch brothers. (Look up ALEC to see how many of your legislators are owned by them)
- Anonymous2 years ago
Because money is the root of all evil.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Its called lobbyist. They only care about what is handed to them in their pocketbooks.