Actually what we need are part-time politicians. If all of them only worked at government part-time then had to go back home to a REAL job we would have totally different legislation. And their pay for public service should be low with few benefits. Let em get by on a real job like real people.
I like that "low benefits." I get sick when I see how much these guys get as retirement benefits. It is really disgusting.
Not to mention the fact that seniority matters a lot and people are going to continue to vote for their high-seniority Senators and Reps (they get high positions on committees and bring home the pork)--and the opposition party doesn't even bother to put up a candidate, or a good one; at least that's the case here in Mass.
Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barney Frank, Marty Meehan,
et al. Same old story, same old song and dance my friends.
>>part-time politicians. If all of them only worked at government part-time then had to go back home to a REAL job
For many politicians on the national (Sen., Reps.) and local (state sens. and reps.) level
from Mass., politics is the only "job" they've ever had.
Most don't know about life in the "Dreaded private
sector", as Howie Carr calls it.