The Incumbent Class: How America's Political Elite Became Its Greatest Threat

The greatest threat to the American republic does not carry a foreign flag. It sits in Congress, manages your regulatory agencies, and returns your phone calls only when a donor is involved.In The Incumbent Class, author and retired law enforcement Lieutenant Robert F. Geissler delivers a bipartisan indictment of the professional political class that has turned the machinery of American democracy into a wealth-generation system for itself, its families, and the donors who fund it - regardless of which party holds the majority.This is not a book about Republicans. It is not a book about Democrats. It is a book about an occupational class that has mastered the art of performing opposition while protecting its shared institutional interests: the enrichment of its members, the perpetuation of its power, and the systematic insulation of the donor networks that make both possible.Drawing on economics, twenty-five years in law enforcement, and exhaustive analysis of the documented record, Geissler traces the mechanics of the two-party cartel, the donor-politician contract, the revolving door between regulation and industry, and the slow fiscal and institutional devastation that results when the people who govern a republic no longer share its interests.The Incumbent Class is essential reading for every American who has suspected that the problem is not which party wins - but the system that ensures both parties profit regardless of the outcome.