what kind of government is better?

[7531Leonidas]

But, you are simply transferring power to someone one/two steps removed from the elected official responsible, and I think that you are overestimating the amount of experience that staffers enter with, and/or can develop inside one or two terms.

 

I have the same problem when term limits are discussed, when the bureaucrats in the various agencies are not likewise term-limited. Power is simply transferred in a less transparent fashion.

[showler]

If you don't have staffers getting replaced with every new politician then you maintain the experience.

 

Elect politicians to represent the will of the people.

 

Hire staffers to work on behalf of that politician.

 

Get rid of the whole "replace the entire staff every time a new person gets elected" bull. Make staff positions non-political and fire anyone who tries to impose their politics in place of the elected persons.

 

The problem is making politics a primary part of every part of government. Separate the politicians from the people who actually run things.

[7531Leonidas]

But then, the REAL power brokers are the ones who determine how things get done - they also do neat stuff like leak information like a screen wire bowl. Even with the replaced staff, there can be that problem. The elected officials won't want to change this, b/c the way things are, they have some sense/expectation of loyalty.

 

Lastly, we are supposed to have a government of the people, not of staffers and agency personnel. I think more transparency and more input from the elected officials is needed, not less.

[Quandoo]

A mix of all, depending on the situation.

[MrJoseCuervo]

I think any organization must have transparency and must not engage in hypocrisy in the way they impose laws or rules. Once you become irrational and cease to be logical you start your decline.