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There seem to be two common misperceptions that are at play, both on this forum and elsewhere.
1. Politicians care whether or not what they say is factually accurate. In point of fact, most politicians care whether or not what they say will get them elected. That is their primary motivation. There are, of course, exceptions, but only a few.
2. Politicians can be trusted. This is extremely dangerous. There has never existed a government of any kind which did not tend towards increasing its own power over time. We ignore this axiom at our own peril. Political power can only come at the expense of personal freedom.
Mel
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"I am suspicious of all the things that the average citizen believes." - H. L. Mencken
"Any government that employs three million people, most of them armed to the teeth, ought to be distrusted to an enormous degree." - Lew Rockwell
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