“There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader!”
French Revolutionary Ledru-Rollin and
U. S. politicians?
In a democracy it is an ageless question: Should those we elect, lead or follow?
Does a “government of the people, for the people, by the people” even require elected representatives? In today’s world with information on any subject instantly available to every citizen, why not just vote on the issues of the day, each day, with our morning coffee.
Increase the sales tax? Yea or Nay
Go to war? Yea or Nay
Pass the 2300-page budget bill? Yea or Nay
No. We probably need to hire some representatives, people we trust to study the issues, hold hearings with experts, learn and know what they are doing so they can represent us.
These representatives would simply offer themselves to us as a public service, then spend most of their time with special interests that want stuff from us, take millions in cash from them, and spend it trashing anyone else offering themselves for public service. Yeah, that is the way it should work. What a great idea!
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Richard Kimball
Vote Smart President
𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐾𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡.