Today the New York Times has a whopper of an example of modern “honest graft” that I choose to write about, based on recent conversations with a couple Gen Zer’s. I was surprised that the career goal of these twenty-somethings was to become a lobbyist. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…some of my friends are lobbyists. But forty-years ago, when I was filled with the ambition and optimism that defines youth, aspiring to be a lobbyist was not on the career list in the 1980s. This is not a baby-boomer rant about “kids these days”, but a recognition that our political system no longer a path for public service, but personal enrichment.
Honest Graft is the new normal.
Honest Graft is the new normal.
Honest Graft is the new normal.
Today the New York Times has a whopper of an example of modern “honest graft” that I choose to write about, based on recent conversations with a couple Gen Zer’s. I was surprised that the career goal of these twenty-somethings was to become a lobbyist. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…some of my friends are lobbyists. But forty-years ago, when I was filled with the ambition and optimism that defines youth, aspiring to be a lobbyist was not on the career list in the 1980s. This is not a baby-boomer rant about “kids these days”, but a recognition that our political system no longer a path for public service, but personal enrichment.