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I'm of the opinion that MPs with a continuing outside job are incredibly valuable. The obvious example are the many MP doctors (who need to keep their skills cu
by timthorn 6y ago
I'm of the opinion that MPs with a continuing outside job are incredibly valuable. The obvious example are the many MP doctors (who need to keep their skills current if they are to maintain registration) but wherever they work, having an active link with the "real world" brings another dimension to their policy decisions.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 6y agoWe have a system supposedly designed to do such a thing in Texas - the state legislature only meets for a few weeks every two years. The outcome is that no lower class job allows people to disappear for 8 weeks at a time, so essentially only rich people can participate in the system.
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- ravi-delia 6y agoThat's definitely worth thinking about, but I just don't know if it outweighs having high quality applicants that really know what they're doing in office. Politics is (or at least should be) a difficult specialist position.