Learned it from MA where, after a world-wide search, the state hires a legislator’s brother- or sister-in law. One quarter of all top-level state hirees have the last name Bulger or Demassi.
What people fail to realize is that the crooks in power who are stealing billions from America are not operating from ideology. They use ideology to attain power, using the support of naive true believers to ensure that they have access to the purse strings. They preach about supporting the 99% while using public resources to secure they’re privileged position in the top 1% of the 1%. It goes beyond mere corruption. It’s nothing less than treason.