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[Arvarden]

As the title suggests, should politicians be slaves to the people or should they be allowed to have a career outside of politics?

This post has been edited by Arvarden: Feb 19 2007, 05:41 PM

[pug_ster]

I doubt it.  Unfortunately, there was a practice called Earmarking that has started since the Republicans taken over Congress in 1994.  Not saying that Democrats abuse this power too.  You can read more about it here.

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Earmarking

Earmarking has gotten so bad that it has gotten some politicans indicted for abuse like Duke Cunningham of California.

http://www.cnn.com/2.../28/cunningham/

Even worse, there are politicans who often help writes his/her own bill and then quits as congressman and then benefitting from it like here:

http://www.cnn.com/2...hics/index.html

Sad but true.  Some politicans serve their interest instead of their people's interests.