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/^t/The second factor that causes lying is making a career. People in high position like politicians and party leaders induce their voters to vote for them. They try to be as crafty as possible, to make the public trust them, without having any compunction about it. The fact that many politicians appear trustworthy does not mean that they will make a good play for the leadership of the party. They just batten on to naive people at these people's expense. When such lies become known on the spot a politician endeavours to maintain that it was not his/her fault and does not want to be given to moralising. So this is another reason why lying is immoral and should be disapproved of by the public.