they`d better be concerned with public service or we`re all in a lot more trouble than you know.
do you think obama, clinton, mulroney, or king ralph could have made a decent living outside of politics? sure there are some slugs, probably a lot, but the slugs are everywhere. which "successful businessman" in your office would you tap to lead this country?
consider another example; take a look around at senior REIN members who have been enormously successful in RE...would you say the bulk of them are money focussed? or do they have some other thing which drives them much more than money? if there is one common theme amongst that group, I`d say it`s that they make efforts to help others, whether it be through education, philanthropic work, or just help keeping focussed.
economy is important to you and me, but as hard as this may be to believe, there are things a lot more important. I don`t think I`d want to be governed by someone whose entered politics for money.
QUOTE (Jack @ Nov 29 2008, 09:32 AM) Haha, "public service".
I don`t think these guys are too concerned with that.
What has Stephen Harper ever done besides graduate college? Can that even be considered an accomplishment? Seems to me like most politicians enter the field because they`re very well-educated in topics that don`t matter. IE, one will have an MA in East African History, another will have an advanced education in the fine field of Liberal Arts, etc. So they can enter politics, or they can work at Starbucks (if they`re attractive).
As long as the salary remains as low as it is, we won`t be attracting the best and the brightest, period. I suppose Paul Martin is one exception to this rule of "unaccomplished" that immediately comes to mind, as he was quite successful as an entrepreneur. But he was old, and he probably just wanted to be the center of attention.