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238. The United States of Cory Booker

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Why Do You Hate Politics?

Sond: Can i just tell you for a minute why i personally hate politics, and maybeyou'd tell me why i should hate a little bit less. Would you be willing to defend your occupation? Sond: I think i'm speaking for many, many, many people. When you look at politicsit seems as though most people who get into politics, into electoral politics, really do have a great priorities. And yet, the way the system is set up, it seems as though many, if not most, politicians, start to respond to their private incentives rather than those public incentives.

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