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Originally Posted by Sandy G
This is part of the problem w/politics, I think...It tends to attract the exact wrong kind of people to it...They are master manipulators, are by & large experts in prevaricationing, & deftly know how to game the system. If ANY of "The people's business" actually gets done, its almost by accident. The Founding Fathers, as usual, had it right-They kinda set things up for "Citizen legislators" to come & do their civic duty for awhile & then go home. I don't think they ever envisioned somebody making a lifelong career of it-and CERTAINLY not to become as fabulously wealthy as many of these jokers are...
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I think you're absolutely right on every point. I would add, though, that the world is a much different place than it was back then. I would think most people who served owned large farms and had a family that could run the farm in their absence. So they could go off for six years and volunteer their time and know they had a livelihood to return to. Not so in these times.
Which gets back to your first point- why are they doing it and what attracts people to this job. Power, prestige, notoriety. These are not the qualities you really want in the job if you think about it. These are people who by definition are putting themselves first when we really need them to put the "greater good" first.