Some people enter politics to do good, others to do well. The difference is more than semantic.

The do-gooders care about real issues like public health, education and the environment.

They might look at the stock market to tell how the economy is doing.

The other kind may check their portfolios several times a day to see how their own stocks are doing. They sometimes confuse the national interest with their own self-interest.

That makes it hard for voters to know why their public servants vote as they do to pass laws and spend money. The result is an unhealthy distrust.

If anything unites the American public, it’s their common sense about that. A recent study by the University of California San Diego, as reported by The Hill, found 86% support among both Republicans and Democrats for

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