Should professional politicians be barred from running for public office?

Why not have people with real life experience and actual jobs that have knowledge of being a member of the public making decisions?

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therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

We also need to eliminate politicians ability to make millions of dollars after leaving office via kickbacks, for doing the bidding of lobbyists, rogue nations such as China and big corporations, while they were in office.

eli1601 · 70-79, M

@therighttothink50 How about their sons.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

All relatives and hangers on. @eli1601

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

“Welcome to the anti-meritocratic world, this world. What are you going to do about it? Will you stand back and watch while cronyism, nepotism, the old school tie, the private club, the right university, the right accent, the right background, the right secret society, the right religion, the right family, destroy merit so that their chosen ones can prosper at your expense. It’s time to smash the conspiracy. Break up all the mechanisms that allow privileged groups within society to rig the system in their favour and penalise anyone who doesn’t belong to their insidious cliques.”
― Michael Faust, The Meritocracy Party

@jackjjackson @eli1601

fanuc2013 · 51-55, F

@therighttothink50 Also, "honorariums" that allow former politicians to make millions of dollars from speeches after they leave office!

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

There are exceptions like Cortez not that that is a positive b@therighttothink50