In Carlos Mendoza's post focusing on the abuse and misappropriation of money in our political figures, he blames the politicians for their errant behavior but I garner a different opinion. When Attourney General Ken Paxton uses $78,000 in expenses for trips and Governor Greg Abbott spends about $147,000 dollars of campaign money for travel expenses, I think it merely reinforces my beliefs that it is not the politician's duty to curb their spending, but rather that the responsibility lies within the people to note when corruption is happening. Because let's face it, politics and corruption go hand in hand, yet the only way conniving businessmen find their way into such arenas is only through the people.
Carlos states that "there is no policing net that can prevent such things", yet I respectfully disagree. It is our duty as citizens to note when corruption is happening and to hold those accountable when it violates the promises to which they stand on. But yet I speak more on an ideal while Mr. Mendoza speaks about reality, because truthfully, most people have resigned themselves into thinking that their opinions don't matter. Many think that no one cares about such far away things so it's okay to not care themselves, and that misappropriation of funds is not something to fuss about. Yet for people who care so much about their freedoms, often they can forget that political activism is just another extension of their rights, and that corruption does not need be so rampant. I think Carlos's article is indicative not of our state politician's greed, but of the general apathy people feel toward political injustice.
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