The country supports a class of workers who, though universally despised, are the most pampered in the country. Most of the year they enjoy a roughly two-day workweek, for which they receive an aftertax salary of $90,000 per annum, plus a $5,500 living allowance and a similar sum for expenses. They get free plane and train tickets, meals subsidized by taxpayers, free seats at premier soccer games, and a generous pension that kicks in after just five years of service. They’re the country’s politicians.

They cost a lot more than that for what they rob, bribe, make business with the oulaws, place friends and family in positions paid by the tax payers, like universities, agencies, military. The trouble in the country is theft and corruption at all levels. You can explain all of the country's political behaviour if you just guess an illegal economic return behind any decision. It's pure greed.