Political Parasites both Big and Small

WHEN WE NORMALLY THINK OF POLITICAL PARASITES WE THINK OF THOSE ON FOOD STAMPS AND OTHER FORMS OF WELFARE THAT ARE NOT IN NEED OF THOSE PROGRAMS.  AND YET THERE IS ANOTHER AND PERHAPS MORE INSIDIOUS PARASITE AND THAT IS THE POLITICIAN WE ELECT TO OFFICE YEAR AFTER YEAR.  A PERSON WHO LIVES HIGH ON THE HOG BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK AND SWEAT OF OTHERS.  A MAN OR WOMAN WHO WORKS IN THE GRANDEST BUILDING MADE OF MARBLE AND TOWERING COLUMNS.  A HOUSE WE BUILD.  DRIVE INTO ANY STATE CAPITAL, COUNTY SEAT, OR WASHINGTON D.C. AND SEE THE MONUMENTS TO COLLECTIVE INSANITY.  AN INSANITY THAT IS A GROWING THREAT TO THE INDIVIDUALISM WE ALL (WELL ALMOST ALL) VALUE SO MUCH.  PARASITES ARE POISONING OUR WAY OF LIFE, WHERE IT SHOULD BE US POISONING THE DAMN PARASITES.