Sunday, March 29, 2009

PACS and the Bailout

A friend of mine has an interesting idea with regard to our representatives in Congress and elsewhere. Norm's premise is that the collective wisdom and judgment of the average person is superior to that of the average Congressman or Senator. So, he asks, why don't we pick our representatives by lottery, much as we pick people to sit on a jury? I think he has a point. The following video provides a good example of what has happened with our present system which sees the same people being re-elected year after year. Would a Congressman selected by lottery be so stupid or greedy as to accept a contribution from BofA so that he could build up his war chest for the next election?

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Will R said...

Was that the same Barney Frank who accepted more than $40,000 from Fannie Mae?

11:22 PM

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