That's very noble and I'm sure you sleep well at night congratulating yourself on how principled you are.
In the adult world though such actions make you irrelevant to the political process.
Wow, such silly and cynical notions you harbor, criticizing somebody for sticking to their principles? You understand that your statement indicates that you are UNPRINCIPLED? You might want to stop and think about it since it would indicate that you are no different than those that game the system to steal tax dollars from honest people because "everybody does it so why shouldn't I?".
The fact of the matter is what the Republic needs is MORE people like RKMBrown, people that are willing to do what they believe is right instead of what they believe is popular. The principled person is FAR more relevant than the unprincipled sheep will ever be because he is setting the example that people should be following if we have any hope of saving the Republic that we inherited from our principled predecessors.