We have Border Patrol Agents who are bribed. We have Navy Officers who are bribed. We have a real problem with honesty in our culture. I can even sort of understand a starving guy stealing to provide for his family. But, a Border Patrol Agent that “needs” five Rolex wristwatches? Does he have five arms? That City Treasurer in Illinois who stole all that tax money, did she “need” all those fancy horses? You can only ride one horse at a time. I believe that if you are honest and work hard, then buy whatever you want. Buy that 400 foot yacht with the two submarines on it. But stealing from others to get it? And those Border Patrol Agents were thieves when they accepted bribes. They stole from the taxpayers just as surely as any bank robber does.
Was it Jefferson who said something about a republic/ self-government only works for a moral people?
Many here used to have 5 or more arms.