100% agree. Serving in public choice should for duty, not a career. Make a fixed salary. If you dont like it, get a job elsewhere just like everyone else. An

100% agree. Serving in public choice should for duty, not a career. Make a fixed salary. If you dont like it, get a job elsewhere just like everyone else. And oh, you wont get qualified candidates - nonsense. We had a movie actor, a silver spoon heir, a community organizer, a real estate broker and a lifelong politician as presidents. There's nothing in technical expertise that they have in common. They were just good orators with some charistma and a penchant to lie with a smile...on their face. Oh, you are worried of a bribe? Good thing we have FEC disclosure forms etc. Make them audited every year. Have more bite. Increase sentences. Put bounties on whistleblowing. Then sit back and relax