Kiera Ziegler, Chapter 8, Question 5

The last couple pages in this book struck me as sad and illuminating. I find it sad that politicians have to lie to become elected because we as a public do not do what we can to understand the full meaning and truth behind what they tell us. This is a problem that is not easily solved. In order for this to stop all politicians would need to stop lying but there would always be someone that would lie to get themselves elected. It is frustrating for me to hear a politician admit that they lie to become elected. This is the root of why politicians get a bad reputation, they are used to lying to get what they want and we as a public reward them by electing them. It is sad to me that the public does not seek out the truth try to understand political topics so politicians are able to just tell us what sounds good.