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Old 01-29-2007, 07:18 PM   #17
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It is a very difficult problem, as the unelected staffers and policy wonks in government have TOO much influence. Why, IMHO, because they are unelected, and their institutional knowledge allows them to lead elected officials around by the noses, until the official knows his way around the block.

We need new ideas, and my radical idea is for staffers to have term limits as well. Our bureaucracies should be flushed now and then.
Government regulation for government regulators? Ain't gonna happen. The only way that true change can occur is a concerned and informed citizenry.
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