Editorial: Charges against state Sen. Emil Jones III show cheap price of corruption in Illinois – Chicago Sun-Times*

"Five thousand dollars. That may seem like a lot of money — to a junior high school student who baby-sits or mows neighborhood lawns for extra cash. For an Illinois legislator, $5,000 should be no big deal...No wonder most Americans don’t trust politicians. Less than half the adults in the United States — 44% — say they have a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in people who hold or are running for public office, according to a 2021 Gallup poll."