I agree, but I fear "regular people" will become the greedy, lying politicians eventually. Term limits would be a great way to reduce the exposure and benefits of corruption. You can't just bribe/blackmail one person for 50 years, you have to keep doing it causing a much higher degree of difficulty keeping it a secret for decades. It might make being a politician more about temp. service than a get-rich career. That's just my 2 cents on the issue.