Many people have long realized that there is a lot of fraud in politics. American economist and social theorist wrote on Townhall on August 26, 2008:
     
“If you took all the fraud out of politics, there might not be a lot left.”
   
       
Wikipedia: Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell (/soʊl/; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and social theorist and is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
 
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Random Thoughts
Thomas Sowell | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 12:01 AM
Random thoughts on the passing scene:

If you took all the fraud out of politics, there might not be a lot left.
 
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SOWELL: Random thoughts
By Thomas Sowell - The Washington Times
Saturday, August 30, 2008
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
If you took all the fraud out of politics, there might not be a lot left.
 
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“If you took all the fraud out of politics, there might not be a lot left.”
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If you took all the fraud out of politics, there might not be a lot left.
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