[BITList] dumb as a box of rocks

[David Harvey]

Colin,

Never thought of it that way before, outlay  v, renumeration. Excellent
point, but who were the other three worse Presidents?

Dave


On 2 October 2010 05:18, s14engine <s14engine at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  frank
>
> there is a major problem with politicians in many countries---the voters
> have allowed elected politicians to award themselves such lucrative
> remuneration packages and bennies that they do not want to go back to
> working for a living, and so will do and say [without discretion] anything
> to hang on to the job [if we can call it that]. how many have gone into
> politics with a few quid and ended up millionaires? this might be remotely
> acceptable if they did a great job as a politician, but generally this is
> far from true. for example brainless bush43 - the 4th worst president
> in history, increased his wealth by a factor of ten in the 8 years he was in
> office. how can that be possible?
>
> on a local level here --- the job of louisiana congressman pays $17,000 per
> year plus "reasonable" expenses, yet it is said a candidate needs a minimum
> $250,000 plus the endorsement of local newspapers and big shots..........!
>
> so apparently an outlay of $250k may get one a job that pays $17k pa!
>
> there is something wrong with this
> picture...................................?
>
> but what can be done about it?      aye, there's the rub.
>
> colin t
>
>  *From:* FS <franka at iinet.net.au>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 01, 2010 11:04 AM
> *To:* BitList <bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] dumb as a box of rocks
>
> colin
> When one looks at all the hung governments that are cropping up I think its
> just away the masses have of saying they have had a gut full of all the
> politicians, this way non of them have a big enough majority  to accomplish
> anything  which when one looks at their accomplishments to date its probably
> not a bad thing
> frank
>
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