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Is being a politician "service"?
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:20 pm
Most politician I see get rich and I don't have a ton of respect. I don't consider it service to country unless there are no perks or salary
Politicians only if you are enlisted person or cop etc there is career and service component to me
Politicians only if you are enlisted person or cop etc there is career and service component to me
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 7:21 pm
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Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:20 pm to thelawnwranglers
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Is being a politician "service"?
Yes.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:21 pm to thelawnwranglers
It's self-service.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:21 pm to thelawnwranglers
Trump calls it golf practice.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:22 pm to thelawnwranglers
No. It's a career path
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:23 pm to thelawnwranglers
If you are mayor of your little town in your spare time it is a service
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:24 pm to thelawnwranglers
Joe Kennedy trained his sons to always say "public service" instead of "politics".
I once heard an interview w/JFK from 1940 where he says he's considering going into "public service"
I once heard an interview w/JFK from 1940 where he says he's considering going into "public service"
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:24 pm to thelawnwranglers
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I don't consider it service to country unless there are no perks or salary
Thank god you're wrong.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:25 pm to LSUconvert
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Thank god you're wrong.
Expand please
PS I am not wrong about how I feel
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:27 pm to thelawnwranglers
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Expand please
PS I am not wrong about how I feel
Being a politician is a service whether you FEEL like it is or not. Your feelings can be wrong, fyi.
Enlisting is a service, as an example. By your criteria enlisting is not a service.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:28 pm to thelawnwranglers
No I don't, at the national level. They all come out far richer than they went in. It's a career and it shouldn't be a career.
Small town mayors, council members etc are doing public service.
Small town mayors, council members etc are doing public service.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:29 pm to thelawnwranglers
It used to be, about 170+ years ago. The early Congresscritters would rather be home tending to their farms and businesses then be in the hot and humid swamp (literally) of Washington. It was around the 1820’s or 30’s when the second generation politicians came in to make it a career and family dynasties were established. Some of the earliest being the Adams’, Harrison’s, and Taft’s.
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 6:57 am
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:30 pm to LSUconvert
Accounting is a service - we don't brag on someone's accounting service when they die
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:33 pm to TheFonz
No, it's not a public service to take a job that pays $150K a a year, but somehow end up being a millionaire after 6 years of "service"
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:34 pm to TheFonz
I love the story of Pres Jefferson stopping at a roadside inn for the night and asking for some supper -- but they refused to open the kitchen back up for him. They regarded him as a public servant -- no more, no less.
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It used to be, about 170+ years ago. The early Congresscritters would rather be home tending to their farms and businesses then be in the hot and humid swamp (literally) of Washington. It was around the 1820’s or 30’s when the second generation politicians cane in to make it a career and family dynasties were established. Some of the earliest being the Adams’, Harrison’s, and Taft’s.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:34 pm to thelawnwranglers
Putting your name and family through what it takes to represent your city/district/state/nation is definitely public service.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:41 pm to LSUconvert
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Your feelings can be wrong, fyi.
Actually. No they can’t FYI.
That’s why it’s illogical to rely on emotional arguments.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:42 pm to thelawnwranglers
No.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:44 pm to thelawnwranglers
They certainly serve themselves
Posted on 8/26/18 at 7:56 pm to thelawnwranglers
If public service is the path to becoming a multimillionaire practically overnight, allow me to be your servant!
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