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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson has a great question... [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)60. Legislators don't write laws.
Their staff does.
This is a silly objection. It's like saying you can't tell the taxi driver where to take you if you're not also a driver yourself.
Elected members of a parliament are supposed to make policy that represents the interests of the country's people. Lawyers are not per se better qualified to do so than anyone else. The dominance of any one profession (and thus one class) within the group of representatives within the parliament is a very bad sign.
Clearly, a random selection of citizens would be more representative, less beholden to monied interests, and likely to produce better policy.
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Mar 2014
#1
Bill Frist, a cardiologist, long-distance diagnosing Terri Schiavo as brain-active and conscious.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2014
#31
I assume you have a business man and rich folks exemption, they of course know all.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#77
we don't only want lawyers legislating. we want legislatures that our diverse
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2014
#9
People are hired to write the laws. Hiring good lawyers to write the text of the laws is easy nt
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#10
"I just think it's kind of a dumb point for a smart person to make." Well, that's *your* opinion,
Ghost in the Machine
Mar 2014
#71
Rand Paul is an 'ophthalmologist.' So if Neil is looking for a myopic view of the universe... nt
onehandle
Mar 2014
#4
I'd like to see some of the people you mentioned in Congress, along with the scientists and......
LongTomH
Mar 2014
#21
But this is why Congress is inept when dealing with science and technology related issues
The Traveler
Mar 2014
#36
Many introverted highschool nerds learn how to come out of their shells in university.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2014
#68
What engineer or scientist wants to spend his/her entire day surrounded by idiots?
NutmegYankee
Mar 2014
#40
There's a tendency among some physicists to think that every other occupation is easy in comparison
Chathamization
Mar 2014
#64
Republican Broun on the House Science Committee may have been what Tyson was thinking about.
DhhD
Mar 2014
#67