Can Republicans in Congress get to the bottom of President Obama's sudden -- and suspicious -- decision to fire AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin? The answer is no -- unless some. [sic] Democrats show interest in what could possibly be the first scandal, or at least mini-scandal, of the Obama administration.
Short answer is, of course, "No." We were doomed from the start:
"The bank mania... is raising up a moneyed aristocracy in our country which has already set the government at defiance, and although forced at length to yield a little on this first essay of their strength, their principles are unyielded and unyielding. These have taken deep root in the hearts of that class from which our legislators are drawn, and the sop to Cerberus from fable has become history. Their principles lay hold of the good, their pelf of the bad, and thus those whom the Constitution had placed as guards to its portals, are sophisticated or suborned from their duties."- Thomas Jefferson, 1817
[Emphasis mine.]
There are few pursuits more potentially damaging to the character of an individual than to pursue a finance or business degree, and to then work in those sectors, rather than actually producing or creating products with inherently tangible value. With the former, corruption is not only likely, it is to be assumed.
I suspect the only worse thing would be a career in law. (Pardons to Prof. Reynolds as the hat tip.)
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