Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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POLITICS: States that give, states that get

Of the states that get more money than they give, 84% are Republican.
Of the states that give more money than they get, 78% are Democratic.
NOW who's redistributing wealth unfairly?
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I think one of the first things we could do was make it harder to become a "career" politician, by further restricting how long people can stay in not just one office, but in all government offices.

When it becomes your career to be a politician, you stop making decisions based on what your community needs and start making decisions you think will keep the money coming in.
I think I'm leaning in that direction. There's always a spectrum there -- on one end, you get to keep talented people, but you get stuck with a lot of career jerks. On the other end, you don't get to keep talented people, but you avoid the problem of career politicians.