John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Palmer. wrote: >> Put all politicians on a wage of $500.00/week, and make it a capital >> offense to take a political bribe, and you would get the ones that want >> to do the job for the right reasons. > > No. You'd get the ones that want to do the job for all the worst possible > reasons. Under those conditions only fanatics and crackpots would run for > office.
I agree. I believe that the only way to get more sensible people into desition-making positions is to make political assignments a duty rather than a voluntary assignments. I think that maybe the Athenians got it right when they even used lottery to decide who would hold certain positions. (A bit like the jury system in the US, if I am not mistaken.) -- Björn Lindström <[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
