It should be against the law to be a politician.
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It's supposed to work like this: A person has a profession. He or she maybe takes time off to run for office, maybe win. After serving a term or two, he or she goes back to the original profession. IT'S A TEMP JOB!
"Career politicians" are naturally corrupt. They have no other job, and will do anything to stay in office.
The way I understood the constitution as designed was 1 term with people from all walks of life. 4 years is not enough to give you a title. All politicians especially career politicians need to be eradicated. but good men and women willing to serve 4 years for a modest income subject to scrutiny on every level should be respected.
Most lucrative criminal racket around...
At best "a parasite" living off the labor of a honest society,
at worst "a cancer" killing a struggling victim as it steals vital resources needed to survive...
Politics a disease state in a society brought on by the Infestation of politicians...
Grown out of the protection racket of the agrarian societies, if only those poor peasants knew what evil they were inviting into their lives for the illusion of safety...
Better to die on your feet free, than to live a life of slavery on your knees...
The illusion of choice and freedom, a slave so stupid, he knows not that he carries his master upon his back each and every step of the way...
Direct / indirect taxation, Inflation, captive clientele, forced participation, regulations, restrictions, draconian laws...
How Free are You, can you be but half a slave, three quarters a slave and still feel free?
Can freedom be cut into part and parcel and administrated like the allowances of generosity from the masters store of rations?
Politicians the woe of most evil in this world...
Affiliation with a political party should be illegal. Political parties should be illegal. The two-party system ensures both parties will remain corrupt. It would be better if every candidate ran on his or her own merits, which can be verified relatively easily these days with the internet. Modern political parties are two wings on the same bird... and neither represents We the People.
In the Philippines they of course have parties, but a weird adaptation is that the Senators are elected @ large.. 24 Senators with the top 24 candidates winning their seat.
We used to have citizen legislators in Congress. They were elected, they served their time, and then they went back to their life. Right now we're being governed by people who have been there so long they couldn't tell you what a gallon of milk costs in the grocery store. We need to go back to citizen legislators.
When I was a little kid, I always thought politicians were weirdos.
I think if you are going to be a politician or public figure, you should have to give up all privacy. Your life should have to become a reality show like the Truman show, cameras on you from 24/7. This would help provide accountability and reduce corruption. It might also provide disincentive to the wrong people (those that refuse to operate in the sunshine).
Like reality TV? Oh man, who would go for that? Watched the first Apprentice show in its entirety. Convinced me I would never try to be on one of those shows. All of you, the good, the bad and the ugly are on display for the whole world to see, and you are at the mercy of the producers/editors. Some people who value privacy are not necessarily corrupt. Having lived a fishbowl life for 7 years, I can say it was extremely stressful. This idea would not deter narcissists or psychopaths. Take a look at the kind of people who do reality shows. The Duggar family should have ended their TV show many years ago. Ending the party system plus term limits are a good start. For example, I think POTUS should be a single term of 6 years. The first four years are wasted trying to get re-elected, and 8 years is too long for a POTUS who proves to be a dud.
This is a good point, however I would counter that these types of people often rely on lying or misleading people in order to attain success. Being recorded all the time would allow us to prove they are lying.
I am not saying people would need to watch all the time, sure you could if you want to, but as long as everything was recorded, there would be accountability if needed.
Would this attract the wrong people? Maybe, but those that abuse power or other people could be exposed and held accountable. Opportunities for corruption would be reduced due to every waking moment being recorded.
Yup