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Originally Posted by First Lady
NO. I've run three times (others on this forum have as well). Not ever has this even crossed my mind.
How many do you know personally here in Alberta?
We have regular elections. Being elected is probably the most insecure position to ever have.
Because they do care. Because it is way more than the "process".
For every one that is elected there are what 3 or 4 failed ones. They aren't getting rich.
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I suppose my argument would have been bolstered if I had described what I feel a politician is. A politician to me is an elected official, whereas people running for office are aspiring politicians. You don't run for fun right? You run to win, so you aspire to be a politician. Just running and never winning would make you...a liberal in Alberta?
And I can say I know no politicians personally. I also don't know any murderers personally. I'm guessing not all of them are insane crazy people. So while not all politicians are corrupt, many are. And I was at one time very hopefully this wasn't true, but like I said time has shown me
And I'm sorry but term limits and reducing the perks are absolutely the key the cleaning up the political process. Most libertarians I know whole-heartedly agree. Politicians should serve their country and creating term-limits makes this more like service than a job. But when it becomes a job or a career, they are "doing their job" more than they are serving their country or province. Also elections are not held frequently enough. 4 years is a looong time. If Danielle comes out day 1 of her Premiership and breaks virtually all her promises, everyone who voted for her and her change is stuck for 4 years. That is an eternity.
One thing I like about the Wildrose platform is the ability to recall, as it should be. We are the ones who vote, we should have the power to bring down a government, not some set in stone date every 4 years.
While again some politicians I'm sure do it for nobility (Layton was the last one I thought really did in Cananda), most do it because its a very lucrative career. Get elected once, once!, and unless they commit a crime to remove them from office, they have a fully guarenteed government pension and many other perks. Hence why politicians (not aspiring ones) never go broke.
And I know I'm new, but you'll have to get used to the fact I question absolutely everything. One of the great things I learned from college was to do exactly that. A great example one teacher gave us was a big battle in the War of 1812 (for the life of me I can't remember) and how there are books from 4 different perspectives (US, British North American, Spanish, Native American) of this one battle, and naturally they all tell different versions of how the events took place. Obviously the point being, don't assume anything you read or hear.
Question and gather facts for yourself rather than let others decide for you. Again facts have shown me in the past that politicians will act out of self-interest ahead of public interest. Its up to politicians to prove me wrong, not the other way around. If the Wildrose comes into power and turns out to be as great and noble as they are being made out to be (in the Sun specifically, ugh what a crappy paper), then no one will be happier than me. I'm just not gonna blindly believe what they, or any other political party, has to say. Prove it to me first.