@TheGnuMaster He is a politician. Being an idiot is effectively in the definition :)
@TheGnuMaster I said idiot, not evil.. .though i should have been more specific and said "idiot or evil" the few good ones I know arent competent enough to understand even basic economics.
The few smart enough to maybe understand it are too evil to care enough to do so anyway.
I can think of almost no exceptions to this.
@freemo That's a bit pessimistic. Even though it is far more rare nowadays, there are still genuinely good people who have managed to get into government.