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Elections aren't the be all and end all, especially where the voters are not up to the job, and do not require integrity as a requirement for public office.

Look at Illinois, where Former Governors Association meetings are held in the penitentiary. Look at Congress, where, to name one example, Alcee Hastings has served 22 years after being impeached and removed from office as a District Court Judge, for bribery, for crying out loud! Often, where elected locals are tainted, it's an entire culture of corruption, dishonesty where integrity unheard of.

45 years ago, I learned from a lawyer at a large stock brokerage that you can hire 2 kinds of clerks for the cashiering section, handling the money and stock transfers, dumb ones who lose it and smart ones who steal it.

The service academies have honor codes, "I will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do." There isn't anything that hard about living like this, but many would rather be marinated in sheep poop than do so. "You can't make me!" ought to be on modern money instead of "In God we trust."