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The Paradox of Career PoliticiansBY: Guest User | Category: Politics | Submitted: 2010-02-26 10:55:43
A representative government was based on the concept of politicians coming out of their regular lives to serve for short spans of time in government. The rise of career politicians may threaten to undermine the foundations that representative government was based on. "What do you do?" "I'm a politician." "No, I mean what is your career?" "I'm a politician." This conversation may seem simplistic, but it is representative of what has happened in our representative government. The concept of a representative government is that the people choose someone to represent their needs and concerns in the government. When this was originally designed in the early days of the American nation, it made a lot of sense. Someone can't just leave their family for full-time work with the government; they needed someone who could still come home and help with the everyday chores that would make the family work, while also tending to the fledgling government. The concept makes sense. If a person is supposed to represent a bunch of other people, they will need to understand the wants and desires of those people. One of the best ways to do this is through living among them. This was especially necessary in the beginning of the nation because there were limited means of communication, and so most of the knowledge that representative took with them into the job was based on first-hand experience or conversations with neighbors. In today's world, we don't have those communication challenges. Our country has never been more appropriately placed for long-distance communication than now. iPhones, the internet, blogs, email, web cams, television, radio. . .all of these devices help to reduce the amount of time that it takes for people to get a message. Though communication escalation has made this theory backfire. Now, with as many methods of communication and messages coming toward us at all times during our day, it becomes more difficult to prioritize the important messages and to weed out the fluff. This problem hasn't bypassed politicians, either. With representatives spending as much time in the state or national capital as they do, their connection to the people they represent fades. Another challenge to politicians is their focus on their career. Politicians are held accountable by the voters, but often the real goings on of their service is clouded or hidden from the voters' view. Instead, staying in office involves just as much work in public relations and covering up weaknesses or mistakes than in doing their job well. And with lobbyists constantly at their door, it's no surprise that the judgment of politicians is often called into question. These problems aren't ones that are easily remedied. Instead of a band-aid, a full surgery may be necessary to correct the problems in our political system. That's why, instead of focusing our efforts on a full-time legislature, a shift to a part-time legislature should be considered. A part-time legislature would have many immediate benefits. It would: reduce the cost of running the government; reconnect politicians with the communities that they represent; force our government to become more efficient with their time and resources; drastically reduce the amount of free time that politicians have to consort with lobbyists; and reduce the opportunities for politicians to move into another branch of government once they have reached their term limit. With these known benefits and their paychecks at stake, it's no wonder that politicians seem deaf to this idea. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org/ About Author / Additional Info: - Jen Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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