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I'm from Georgia. I went to law school here. I have met many extremely capable jurists. Though not many of them seem to run for office. My Congressman is a dum
by regulation_d 10y ago
I'm from Georgia. I went to law school here. I have met many extremely capable jurists. Though not many of them seem to run for office.
My Congressman is a dumbass. I'm sort of okay with this because, in general, he's pretty representative of his constituency. He's also good about interacting with his constituency, which I applaud.
But my senators are also dumbasses. Not well educated in the law. Not able to think in a nuanced way about any remotely complex issue. Perdue said he wanted to get rid of the EPA, just, just get rid of it. This is not architect-level thinking. This is singleminded businessman thinking, which at the end of the day does tend to equate itself with a "rich people problem."
I don't think higher turnover in the House is really going to solve that problem. I know that there are hundreds of people better qualified to serve in that architect role. The question for me is, "Why aren't they incentivized to run?"