Severe conflict of interest?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

Yep and that, imo, is the single biggest threat to civilization our nations face. When the wise and honest are dissuaded from public service then corruption and tyranny will soon follow.

So how can we 'swad good people to run for office?

Dedication to public service looks good on a T-shirt, but what about the opinion that if you want to attract good quality people you have to pay compatible salaries?

Unfortunately, salaries only work one way.

Low salaries will only keep the "wise and honest" away
High salaries will not keep the "foolish and dishonest" away.

If it were an easy problem to solve, it would not be a problem.

The key, getting up on my ole creakin soapbox, rests with the citizens. If they continue to elect/re-elect candidates based on the letter after their name, this problem will only continue.

Unfortunately, few citizens are willing to conduct the research to find out about the character of the candidate.

Character, it appears, is defined by a letter after your name.

After all, would a political party lie to me just to get their candidate elected???? That would be wrong.