Most politicians are lawyers by trade and lawyers have made politics confounding, just like ancient priesthoods kept the ability to read and write only to themselves - to keep their power from the rest of the people.
But Bernie Sanders has never been a lawyer. From his bio page on Biography.com : " Bernie Sanders became involved in the civil rights movement during his time at university and served as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. After finishing college in 1964, Sanders lived on a kibbutz in Israel before settling in Vermont. He worked a number of jobs, including filmmaker and freelance writer, while his interest in politics grew."
I think that a more diverse cross-section of professions including housewives and househusbands, with at least a BA or BS degree, should be our Congressional Representatives; this would naturally lead to more diverse solutions to problems than what we currently get from Washington.
I also think that Bernie likes to 'unconfound' our American Government as much as possible by speaking as plainly as possible.
No comments:
Post a Comment