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    "title": "If Politicians\u2019 Honesty Set the Standard for Others",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>If engineers were no more honest than the typical politician, all of the bridges would fall down.</p>\n<p>If accountants were no more honest than the typical politician, every firm would go bankrupt.</p>\n<p>If merchants were no more honest than the typical politician, Paris would not get fed; nor would any other city.</p>\n<p>If preachers were no more honest than the typical politician, everyone who took their sermons to heart would go straight to hell.</p>\n<p>If physicians were no more honest than the typical politician, all of the patients would die.</p>\n<p>If carpenters were no more honest than the typical politician, every house would collapse.</p>\n<p>If spouses were no more honest than the typical politician, every marriage would be on the rocks.</p>\n<p>If used car dealers were no more honest than the typical politician, no one would risk buying a used car.</p>\n<p>If electricians were no more honest than the typical politician, we would all be electrocuted.</p>\n<p>If soldiers were no more honest than the typical politician, both sides would lose every battle.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Why believe them? Via <em><a href=\"http://blog.independent.org/2012/04/13/if-politicians-honesty-set-the-standard-for-others/\">If Politicians\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Honesty Set the Standard for Others | The Beacon</a></em>.</p>\n"
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