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Politicians Do Good (generally)
This is in response to the many debates created in this category that criticise the actions of our politicians! Whilst I appreciate that they occasionally do make some very bad decisions, I believe that in general they do work hard for us and have to make some very difficult decisions, day in, day out. The media is part of the problem, looking for the juiciest, most controversial story, often omitting the beneficial bills passed and good decisions made. Imagine having to go into work every day, knowing that millions of people loathe you! Could you do their job?
 JRCBailey  01 Mar 2008 01:46
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They do generally and mostly it depends on who it is, and what they are politicking about
 
 Potterpal7  01 Mar 2008 04:38
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Politics in this country (UK) are an absolute mess. Tony Blair is not the first egomaniac to head our country but he is the most extreme. I cannot think of something that man did that was primarily for the good of the country. Everything that he and Campbell did were designed either to maintain power, to feed their egos or to set themselves up financially for the future. Now the Tories are headed by a Blair clone and it looks like they will be in next.

I remember the days of Thatcher and Tony Benn. Thatcher was a stone cold witch of a woman but I sincerely believe that the majority of her policies were designed for the overall good of the country, even if they didn't prove to be, even if they made her unpopular. I like Tony Benn and he also spoke from the heart and though he disagreed with Thatcher, he did so genuinely. You just knew that he was a man of integrity.

This lot now have utter contempt for parliament.

The newspapers and the media do sensationalize things for sales but thank god they are there to keep an eye on what these shitzers are up to.
 
 StBalders  20 Apr 2008 23:08
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Well if you boil it down to extremes, I think most would agree that democracy is usually better than dictatorship and being a country of laws is better than being in a state of anarchy. I wouldn't really agree that politicians generally do good, however. Most of them are far too influenced by the need to raise money to finance their election campaigns. They would only be properly motivated if their contributions came from a representative spectrum of the country's population. Unfortunately, that's not the case. They come disproportionately from corporations. Therefore they are primarily motived to do favors for their corporations.

Politicians are selfish and ambitious. Most of them care only about being re-elected. In contrast to what you say, their work is not hard. It is very well paid and comes with many perks and delivers the immense psychological satisfaction of being seen as a person of power and influence. Politicians are systematically deceitful. Honest and decent people are deterred from participating in politics because of what it involves. Therefore politicians are not good. They self-select for having certain qualities and those qualities are not good.
 
 Hidell  01 Mar 2008 19:26
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 I know many politicians and I know that they work hard and care about what their constituents think. To what extent they do this in order to further their own profile for purely selfish reasons is dependant on the character of the person. But what I will say is this; how many of us can claim to have done something that we perceive to be charitable, and not believe deep down that we will gain respect, or further our careers for carrying out this supposedly selfless act. It's in all of our nature to be slightly selfish, but this doesn't mean that we are not good (generally).
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