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> I agree. The rub is that it's not usually the taxpayers making that decision, but their elected representatives. Sorry - you don't get to hide behind represe
by anamax 16y ago
> I agree. The rub is that it's not usually the taxpayers making that decision, but their elected representatives.
Sorry - you don't get to hide behind representatives.
> I believe there's already a commonly applied differentiation between appointed and civil service[1] positions.
While there is a difference, the "you can't do things that piss off the voters" rule applies to both.
- mturmon 16y agoThe representatives will, in practice, make decisions under the system you're describing. It was called the "spoils system" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system), it turns out to be a major vector of abuse by elected officials, and is the reasons the US civil service has safeguards for dismissing civil servants.
- anamax 16y agoThey're the representatives that you elected, so if they behave badly, that's on you. There are no technical fixes for social problems.