Scumbags because it's the only thing they can do...they are not value creators nor producers. Why is there few value creators/producers in governments....probably because we are out numbered and to tell the truth, if things were done properly and according to our constitution it would be no more than a weekend part time job.
Most of us have better things to do and obviously, politics is unbecoming and a waist of one's efforts.

Rand would back me up on that. If you care to, you could read my initial work: The Fight for Conscious Human Life. It's a quick one and a cheap download but outlines your very question and gives you an idea of what I have been working on since: Conscience: The Haves and the Have nots.

Why do only scumbags run for office? How is it that the good people pay taxes and work and contribute and there's this filthy social climbing species of human that run for public office to steal? Why are there no or so few good people running for office? How does the shit float to the top?

99% as I have observed...Parasitical humanoids, weighed, measured and found not wanted; also, feel free to call em, The Great Unwashed, Global Delete or the Ruleless class...which ever floats your boat.
But one thing is for sure, they inhabit the worlds individual and collective Kakistocracy's.

(Governments of the Worst or (AND) Least Qualified.

"The rule of the collectivist brutes" she said... How much of our government are collectivist brutes? Putin, obviously.

Welcome...we have varied conversations andhere,.. most is vetting out what is happening these days, often and repeatably we find that Rand talked about what we see these days.

The non Rand reader is appalled and confused with what is happening, The Rand reader is double that but not confused because we have that fore knowledge of what to expect.

Yes just joined. I was watching the John Galt speech from the movie, saw the link at the end, decided to join. I read A.S. about 12 years ago and The Fountainhead. Anthem recently.

First time here? don't recognize the name.

These are funny! I came her for some humor and I was pleased. Thank you.

All good! I especially liked boat trails, and the end of life chipper!

laughing

How about: "you don't have to wear a face mask in your car if your car has a face mask."? The next step -"get your car's face mask made in the USA!" Weathertech may pick up on this. Just sayin.

Great group! I loved the hearse!

Thet thar banjer player may be one can short o' a six pack in an elevator whut don't go clean ter the top; but shucks, him be a dawg thet kin hunt, y'all.
Yup, a sure fire dawg whut kin hunt. Ain't no lil' yap yappy chow wow wow, thet 'un. Him be ther gator o' banjer players. Darn tootin'! Yessiree bob!

Reminded me of a classic SNL skit interviewing a chemical company marketing vp who has no knowledge of chemistry. Jane gets him to drink 'common everyday H2SO4'.

I haven’t been able to find the burger adapter for the ICCC hookup in quite a long time.

I like the Dihydrogen Monoxide but even more, I LOVE the vegan one!

Gotta admit, I don't always take the time to look at the memes but this time was good. Well, they are ALL good, but I don't always take the time to read them.

Prime Minister or Village People? Neither. The Answer is Tyrant.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!

Soylent Red?

Banjos and wood chippers cracked me up. So did Dino’s Banjo1 Guitar0.

Yeah, I saw it in a theater when it first came out. Since then me dino wondered just why a duel between a banjo and a guitar was called "Dueling Banjos"
Since the city slicker at the end of the "duel" admitted he was lost, maybe that song that was a radio hit way back when for a little while shoulda instead been
called "Triumphant Banjo" or "Banjo Victorious" or "Banjo 1, Guitar 0" or "Banjo Yeehaw!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nh7...

The reference is the movie: Deliverance...eee, eee eee!

I seek to reprieve and relieve...

The Dihydrogen-Monoxide -- that one right there, I have a few Greenies that I will be receiving that one . . . along with the Vegan burgers.
The International Color Coding for Condiments (ICCC)... I still have an old VCR with those feeds.
Thank you Carl -- a nice reprieve from all the chaos (news) hitting the wires as of late.

It quickens the decomposition process! no burial site, no urn, no muss, no fuss....and great fertilizer too!