the looter hogsett, i ate no hog.i made it in politics but at the same time serve the organization and made more for new york city than any other living man. any monkey with the penal code. this is like rationalization, justification. sure. but again, for his constituents, if they're getting jobs on these improvements, these building projects, that's fine. it doesn't have to be equal. if anything, the fancy clothes he might wear might be something to aspire to. but the big key is this distinction between a politician and a looter. a looter keeps it all for themselves. you could say, looking back, tweed, given the enormous disparity between what he took in and gave, tweed would be judged a looter. keeping too much for himself, and that's the sin, the immorality. keeping too much for yourself. but spread it around, take a little bit more for yourself. you're the, leader you deserve to get a little more. but as long as you're spreading it around, let's say, fairly if not exactly equally. then you are fine. again, think o