ascendant's Journal: Holy shit what a wonderful idea

Originally posted by Cyno01 on Monday July 30, @09:56PM

As a career choice. People who want to be in politics are probably the last people you want in charge. I say we double the pay for every single elected position in the country, halve the term periods, and appoint people (meeting certain criteria, 25 years old, HS diploma, US citizen) to every single position based on a lottery system at whatever level (local, state, federal) the position is for. Power corrupts, absolutely, and those seeking power are probably already corrupt. Things would be a lot more effective if average people whose friends and neighbors have a vested interest in whats going on were in power. And with shorter term limits, even if someone terrible got appointed, they wouldnt be there for long enough to do all the much damage. Not to mention they would probably focus more on the job at hand. How much time do politicos spend on their re-election campaigns vs actual work?

The only problems I see with this is people get shoved back out too fast at half-terms. Too fast to get to know new people and work with them well, and may adversely affect long-term projects. And obviously some positions simply require experience.
Something else too, can't remember.