Out "Representative" in Washington

Washington has never been a center of "confident action" and "intellectual competence" or a center of "honesty". Americans know that our "Representatives" are mostly lawyers who could not keep a job in the good legal firms. There were always a very few who believed that public service was a necessary and respected profession. But those were mostly already rich and not going to Washington to get rich. We know that the draw to Washington is getting one's hands on the tax dollars and that was only possible through kickbacks, stock trading with inside information, awards from the Captains of industry for supporting them and their greed. Eisenhower warned against the "military industrial complex" in his exit speech. We know, that throughout history , "It's good to be the king". In a Representative Democracy it's good to make the laws that favor the monied and powerful for they reward you. Most the Representatives have never represented the people. The American Founding Fathers started with the presumption that man is inherently greedy, self-serving, power hungry, and requires opposing forces, "checks and balances" to keep the people from being turned into slaves, paupers, and employees, generating capital that others get. We know that was the beginning of the country. Now, under the Republicans, since Hoover, the lying, cheating, thieves have just come out and taken over the party. The American Oligarchs buy the Representatives before they have run for office. Pity..