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Originally Posted by yankeefan1970
I should also point out that I do not believe in compensation for ANY public office. If you are serving the public, you should be doing it for free.
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I could not disagree more. To cut the salary to public officials to zero would turn the country into more of a plutocracy than it already is.
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Bush Jr. still had to get to where he is today mainly on his own. Bush Sr. could not have possibly given him every office he's ever had, or the experiences that helped to propel him to the front of the Republican party, and eventually into the presidency. I think it's a bit too easy to fall back on the 'daddy did this for him' theory.
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I don't know what Bush would be doing if he didn't have a powerful father, but he certainly wouldn't be president. His move to the front of the Republican party seems to me as much to do with his reactionary beliefs and the perception that he can be lead by the nose, than for his abilities.
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