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On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:36:32 -0700, somebody wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
> news:4b6e194b$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:11:02 -0700, somebody wrote:
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>> > Of course not, hence the "pack of hungry lawyers".
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>> You can do that without paying the politicians anything above a living
>> stipend.
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> Sure but you'd then only attract losers or fanatics, or more likely
> both. Unless you live in dreamland. In that case, why pay any
> professional above minimum wage? Make doctors work for a can of soup. I
> am sure that would ensure brightest people providing the best health
> care.
It's called public service. There are people who do that who aren't
"losers or fanatics", even in the system we have today. Just not that
many - those are the types of people that need to be attracted to
actually *serve* the public rather than themselves (which is what most
politicians do).
Jim
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