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From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net
"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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> On 2024-06-28, Scout wrote:
>>
>> I would go one step further.... there should be a limit of how many years
>> you can hold public office... if it's an government position to which you
>> are elected then that counts, from dog catcher to President. Say 12 years
>> total? Being a politician should not be a career.
>
> Politics is a set of skills, just as brain surgery is. Both require
> on-the-job training in addition to education. Eight years as a dog
> catcher doesn't prepare you for four years as POTUS.
And yet, some of our better Presidents had no experience in public office.
>
> Where do you suppose people are going to get those skills, if not
> as part of a career?
Maybe in civilian life. Because given how career politicians conduct their
affairs at the expense of their citizens does not feel me with a great sense
of confidences that having such a career is somehow beneficial. Rather it
teaches them how to use their office for their own personal gain.
I mean when you consider that most of Congress is comprised of Millionaires
or that a freshman senator becomes a millionaire within 2 years of assuming
office in a job that only pays $147k... we have to wonder how much of their
efforts are for their personal gain, rather than for the benefit of the
people.
But here's some examples:
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has made over $40 Million in office at an average
annual rate of over 73,000% per year
Pedro Pierlusisi (D-PR) $2.6 million at an annual rate of over 1,700% per
year
Patrick Murphy (D-FL) $2.9 million at an annual rate of over 1,400% per year
So how does someone in a job that pays $147,000 make $1,000,000 dollars in
less than 2 years?
Whose interests are they REALLY serving? Ours, or their own?
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