We have given our politicians blank checks and credit cards so they spent them to the limit. They make secret deals to pay off sexual harassment payoffs at our expense. They steal our social security trust fund to the tune of $Trillions. Secret agencies sell drugs to fund covert operations then make corrupt individuals rich.
Lock them up
That and it seems like most pols have a relative that’s getting major subsidies
McCaskill’s hubby, gov contracts(Cheney’s Haliburton), Feistein’s hubby
The pols probably suck a couple trillion a year out of the tax payer’s pocket by them and their relatives getting rich.
All the huge money donations from all kinds of large corporations creates inflation for us through the cost of food, drugs, services & goods.
It’s like a hidden tax. Between that and regulations, it’s probably 10%.