I have to agree with this. Everyone of us has learned in grade school that the first president was a "farmer" before he was a president. The whole idea was to elect regular people to serve for a short time as they did the work of the people. It was not to establish a body of career politicians who are so far removed from the rest of us and our concerns that they serve only to perpetuate their own power. The post-service benefits need to go, too. Where else would you work for a mere two years, lose your job, and still receive benefits for life? If we restore Congress to what it was meant to be -- regular people elected to represent other regular people -- maybe we won't have the f'd up mess that we have now.
I believe in government and thus believe in professional career civil servants, Owl.
Politics are a revered way of life here in Boston.
I'm also no fan of Joe Sixpack--the "regular guy"--as a representative of the people.
I trust in what elites can do because making oneself elite is a pretty formidable task, with or without class privilege.
I suppose that's not the Midwestern mentality, but I am, after all, the quintessential easterner., right?
I guess the reality is that sensible people can have alternate perspectives.
I am really and truly opposed to term limits.
One other thing about corruption, however. It's not good.
It's not the slightest bit as costly, however, as bad policy.
In the long run, enlightened policy diminished by a little insider pork leaves me far, far ahead of bad policy.
That's an observation that I've made over a lifetime of considering the subject.
Again, reasonable people can disagree.
