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c-rational

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7. Agreed, we have Civil service exams for lower levels, and fiduciary rules for money managers.There

Reply to JudyM (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 11:57 PM

Dec 2020

should be a minimum standards exam for all politicians and a Duty of Care pledge. Heck, I believe Board of Directors of public corporation carry more responsibility. So in a nutshell - Yes, you are on the right track.

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It's beyond time to establish a duty of care standard for politicians, with respect to constituents. [View all] JudyM Dec 2020 OP

Get the money out of politics. procon Dec 2020 #1

Yep! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #2

Yes, this too, it's the same cesspool-schoolyard. Get wealthy, repay favors, screw the voters. JudyM Dec 2020 #5

I'm basically against the death sentence... Enterstageleft Dec 2020 #3

Publicly televised executions. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2020 #9

I agree, time to have some regulated standards like other professions. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #4

Exactly. JudyM Dec 2020 #10

The intended checks and balances are clearly worthless. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #11

Too many business, corporate types have taken over the govt -- everything going on right now is diva77 Dec 2020 #6

Agreed, we have Civil service exams for lower levels, and fiduciary rules for money managers.There c-rational Dec 2020 #7

So true! Mgrs and directors of publicly traded companies, however small, have far higher standards JudyM Dec 2020 #12

Perhaps we need to better define and punish malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office pecosbob Dec 2020 #8

K & R for the 20,000th post live love laugh Feb 2021 #13