Honest Politicians and Other Myths

Hello friends,

Tonight's post is a simple statement of the obvious.  We cannot rid ourselves of corrupt politicians until we rid ourselves of politicians.

We live in a country that should not even have politicians.  Politics was supposed to be a short-term civic duty that one performed as a temporary honor in addition to a separate career.  Now, we have people who decide to "go into politics" as a career.  This should not be.

My solution: term limits for all elected positions, progressional limits (meaning that you cannot simply move up the political ladder from one position to the next until you're President), campaign reform, elimination of lobbyists, and serious reductions in pay and benefits for elected positions.

No, we won't accomplish anywhere near this level of reform without a revolution; the people who have to vote for these changes are the ones who would lose power.  This might happen voluntarily once or twice in a country's history, and then it's usually only an individual that is willing, not a full congress of politicians.  Still, it's nice to dream.

Until tomorrow,
MK