RE: Do you think that politicians should be punnished for making wrong decisions?
August 20, 2013 at 12:20 pm
This whole idea of punishing politicians sounds a lot like all the calls from conservatards to "impeach" Obama because they don't like his policies.
If a politician does something illegal, then punish him/her. But the way this country is supposed to work is that we pick the person with the best ideas in order to let them put their ideas into action. No, it's nowhere near perfect but far better than some idea of punishment for making the "wrong" decision. The trouble is who gets to decide what's right or wrong, which is what was supposed to be decided at election time. So what do we do, elect an overseer board to decide if politicians make the wrong decision? And what about them, do we punish them for failing to punish a politician?
If a politician does something illegal, then punish him/her. But the way this country is supposed to work is that we pick the person with the best ideas in order to let them put their ideas into action. No, it's nowhere near perfect but far better than some idea of punishment for making the "wrong" decision. The trouble is who gets to decide what's right or wrong, which is what was supposed to be decided at election time. So what do we do, elect an overseer board to decide if politicians make the wrong decision? And what about them, do we punish them for failing to punish a politician?
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