If he wanted to make money, he'd stay in private business. You can't make money in politics, you lose money. Maybe, just maybe, Saint Ron isn't the only public official not on the make.

I know its hard for conspiracy afficianados to grasp, but a pretty hefty proportion of the people in public life do so at a financial cost.....

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