Why don't politicians stick to representing their constituency anymore?
It has been my experience that, once they get in office, elected officials become politicians, which means that their main goal is to stay in office (or move higher up). They love the perks of being an elected official, especially the feeling of importance, and revise their priorities to focus on and cater to the folks they can use to re-elect them. The first thing they do is to consolidate their strength, replacing effective, free-thinking government employees with individuals who will do what is asked without question. What this accomplishes is to scare the rest of the employees into keepiing silent and do whatever it takes to keep their jobs. I find the threat of losing your income transforms moral and ethical people into meek little well-behaved robots.
it takes a lot of money to get elected, and the money is generally coming from corporations that are international, not just US corporations - so politicians (who nearly ALWAYS want to get re elected until they are dead) instead of representing the persons who voted them in - tend to represent the corporations that paid for their campaign.
It's hilarious when people think that there isn't an international conspiracy involved in US politics.
by rhamson 15 years ago
With politics headed its own way once again after an election the opposition wishes to offer Sarah Palin as the answer. Is it time the American people stopped swallowing the warmed over platforms and knee jerk issues and took the country back from the Banks and Big Business?
by Evan G Rogers 13 years ago
Is it just me, or does it just sound like our politicians are just using their major speeches as commercials?http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/ … 1Y20120124
by Seckin Esen 12 years ago
What do you think about the politicians in your country?
by Rev Bruce S Noll HMN 12 years ago
Do you believe our elected officials are being honest with us?There is so much information concerning impending financial and environmental crises, do you feel out government warrants out full faith and trust?
by SirDent 14 years ago
Unless I am very mistaken, the leaders we elect are supposed to work for the people. Does this mean we should be able to fire them if they do nbot do what they are supposed to do? Why do their terms have to end before we can get rid of them? If a contract is written and the terms of the...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 10 years ago
Do you contend that politics is a game and that the average politician whether Republican orDemocrat cares nothing at all about his/her constituents but only his/her self-aggrandizement, celebrity, and next career move?
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