General Discussion

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

29. Okay.

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 07:43 PM

Jul 2013

Those "beyond elected office" work for those IN elected offices. I'm sure some of them are incompetent and dishonest, and some not, but the bottom line? The buck doesn't stop with them.

In my opinion, it's not a matter of incompetence. It's a matter of integrity. As long as mainstream politicians are owned by corporations, they don't have integrity.

Edited to add: "Beyond elected office" is a huge range of people. I'm only addressing those appointed or hired by politicians.

There are clearly many, many government workers who work within a system controlled by those politicians. They aren't incompetent, but are subordinate to the system. Firefighters, teachers, social workers, etc..

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

29 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Part 1. In your opinion, are most people in government incompetent and dishonest? [View all] Skidmore Jul 2013 OP

You should repost this as a poll. nt Javaman Jul 2013 #1

No. Just Saying Jul 2013 #2

Beg to differ on the police. A HERETIC I AM Jul 2013 #20

Well my father was a firefighter in the mid-sized town where I grew up. Just Saying Jul 2013 #22

How many people that really want to be able to bust some A HERETIC I AM Jul 2013 #24

The worst people have always been attracted to authoritarian jobs Warpy Jul 2013 #27

no more so than your typical human being. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #3

I encounter people in local government regularly el_bryanto Jul 2013 #4

No. They're no different than anyone else. MineralMan Jul 2013 #5

Absolutely not. But they are all eventually beaten into cynicism. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2013 #6

Definitely not. baldguy Jul 2013 #7

Only the ones wwho get TV coverage olddots Jul 2013 #8

No. Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #9

No. And I have been one. We were very competent or couldn't get the job. Shrike47 Jul 2013 #10

No more than people in any profession. n/t pnwmom Jul 2013 #11

Of course not, 'they' are 'US!' elleng Jul 2013 #12

No more, no less than the average citizen. premium Jul 2013 #13

No, wickerwoman Jul 2013 #14

There are some yesphan Jul 2013 #15

No. HappyMe Jul 2013 #16

If the people in government were as competent as my cable company I'd be worried. Johonny Jul 2013 #17

No, although there are enough people who hate government in high level positions in Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #18

No n/t Aerows Jul 2013 #19

So, by "people in government" do you mean government employees? mountain grammy Jul 2013 #21

For the most part, no. Apophis Jul 2013 #23

No more so than other groups, but why do you couple incompetent AND dishonest? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #25

Reductio ad absurdum. Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #26

I wouldn't go with dishonest customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #28

Okay. LWolf Jul 2013 #29