There has been no greater betrayal than that of our priest class, which is to say our so-called knowledge elite and public servants. They sold us down the river. And far too many got very very rich while doing nothing but sleazy paperwork. The depth of the theft, its reach, the numbers paid off, the mechanism of the bribes, have not been plumbed. But without doubt, the quickest route to wealth for the ungifted is public service.