Governent- Corrupt?

     In my opinion, political power does corrupt those who attain it. Power itself makes people do things and brings out their selfishness. Power isn't something that necessarily "create" selfishness, but it brings out the selfishness that people already have within themselves. During class, when Mr. Sutherland put out the question about is the US government corrupt, the idea that came into my head was that no government can possibly not be corrupt. There will always be something or someone within the government who uses his or her power to do corrupt things. Crystal mentioned that the government itself isn't corrupt. The government is a blueprint in which people simply fill in and complete the tasks. I thought differently. I thought that a government's "blueprints" change with the change of power because everyone has their own personal interests and ways of handling things.These are my thought on whether or not political power corrupts those who attain it and whether or not the US government is corrupt.
     I think that George Orwell would agree with me that power corrupts people. In Animal Farm, Orwell tells a story of animals who take over a farm. The plot is actually about the Russian Revolution. In chapter one, he writes

 "So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared." (44) 

While the animals were out working, the pigs had drunk the milk that all the other animals wanted. Although the pigs were the ones who meant good for the animals, they took advantage of the power they had over the animals and worked it to their own benefits. The pigs were extremely corrupt later on in the book. For example, they would change the laws to fit their ways of living and to their luxury.