COMMENT FROM AUSTRALIA:
Hi Marty,
Australians are going through their own process of revulsion at the behaviour of politicians.
Our Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is finding the dirt connecting both sides of politics.
http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/investigations/current-investigations
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-09/eddie-obeid-gives-evidence-to-icac/5378276
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ian-macdonald-found-corrupt-by-icac-again-20130830-2surh.html
REPLY: It is systemic – it is everywhere. Republics ALWAYS degenerate into oligarchies without exception.
