In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All politicians are to some extent salesmen.
There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.
The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.
There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe that someone isn't as good as they are.
I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.
There aren't a whole lot of people out of 300 million who could elected to the Congress.
The Clinton administration brought 65 cases from 1995 to 2000 before the World Trade Organization. The Bush administration has brought twelve. Twelve cases. They haven't even been able to stand up for our jobs.
America has only 100 Senators for 309 million people, but Stormont has 108 members for 1.7 million.
Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.