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**Kt-viagra** · 03-20-2008, 04:21 AM

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I've not seen a congressman who isn't already independently wealthy, and substantially so.

Public office is already restricted to those who have the money to campaign and to reach out to the people. Even if this is true, which I would dispute, it certainly hasn't been true for most of this nation's history, and there's no reason it shouldn't be true in the future, especially given that this discussion is about a hypothetical government. This line of reasoning is totally without merit.

I think it would be better if the salary was done away with and that way those with a financial incentive would be less likely to serve. Another failure. Do you really think people run for public office because of the paycheck it gives out? This fails to make sense given your claim that all the politicians now are independently wealthy. If this is true, why would they be interested at all in a paycheck that is far lower than many high-level managerial or law positions in the private sector they could achieve? Your first flawed argument contradicts your second flawed argument, but unfortunately two self-negating wrongs don't make a right.

03-20-2008, 04:21 AM	#25
Kt-viagra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	Originally posted by Ben Kenobi I've not seen a congressman who isn't already independently wealthy, and substantially so. Public office is already restricted to those who have the money to campaign and to reach out to the people. Even if this is true, which I would dispute, it certainly hasn't been true for most of this nation's history, and there's no reason it shouldn't be true in the future, especially given that this discussion is about a hypothetical government. This line of reasoning is totally without merit. I think it would be better if the salary was done away with and that way those with a financial incentive would be less likely to serve. Another failure. Do you really think people run for public office because of the paycheck it gives out? This fails to make sense given your claim that all the politicians now are independently wealthy. If this is true, why would they be interested at all in a paycheck that is far lower than many high-level managerial or law positions in the private sector they could achieve? Your first flawed argument contradicts your second flawed argument, but unfortunately two self-negating wrongs don't make a right.
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