If you check these congressmen's resume, at least a large chunk of them were former government employees like staffer or state lawmaker or social worker - which means career politician. They were nobodies without any name recognition before elected, and they represent nobody but themselves after elected. Crooked H and Obozo are the best examples. And that doesn't even count in the revolving doors, in which case a congressman came from a special interest group before his term, makes favorable laws for that special interest group during his term, and lobbies for that special interest group after his term. That's why the first argument is only on a philosophical level.

If you check these congressmen's resume, at least a large chunk of them were former government employees like staffer or state lawmaker or social worker - which means career politician. They were nobodies without any name recognition before elected, and they represent nobody but themselves after elected. Crooked H and Obozo are the best examples. And that doesn't even count in the revolving doors, in which case a congressman came from a special interest group before his term, makes favorable laws for that special interest group during his term, and lobby for that special interest group after his term. That's why the first argument is only on a philosophical level.