Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by wpietri on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:33PM
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> their clients are people: businesses, organizations, and individuals with a stake in the society.
Protip: no matter what Romney says, corporations are not people. Having started a number of companies, and having also met a few people, I am quite sure they are different. Only one of them is supposed to be running the government.
> But someone has to present to the legislators the impact a proposal will have on various stakeholders
If only there were some organization that could do that. Maybe we could call it the Congressional Budget Office or the Congressional Research Service. Maybe legislators could have aides who specialize in particular areas. Or heck, maybe our legislators could find some way to hear what knowledgeable people say. Like they could invite experts to come by and hear what they have to say. We could call it a hear-ing.
> But who attacks the evidence of the faceless unelected technocrat?
Everybody. Which is basically what happens now. Also, I am no expert, but I am pretty sure that most legislative aides and researchers have faces.
>Companies like Google merely have money [...] It's a huge credit of the lobbying system that such companies can have as much influence over government as they do.
Absolutely. Thank god money can have incredible influence. Lord knows what would happen if the power were actually held by the people. Cats and dogs sleeping together, I'm sure. It'd be anarchy.
Protip: no matter what Romney says, corporations are not people. Having started a number of companies, and having also met a few people, I am quite sure they are different. Only one of them is supposed to be running the government.
> But someone has to present to the legislators the impact a proposal will have on various stakeholders
If only there were some organization that could do that. Maybe we could call it the Congressional Budget Office or the Congressional Research Service. Maybe legislators could have aides who specialize in particular areas. Or heck, maybe our legislators could find some way to hear what knowledgeable people say. Like they could invite experts to come by and hear what they have to say. We could call it a hear-ing.
> But who attacks the evidence of the faceless unelected technocrat?
Everybody. Which is basically what happens now. Also, I am no expert, but I am pretty sure that most legislative aides and researchers have faces.
>Companies like Google merely have money [...] It's a huge credit of the lobbying system that such companies can have as much influence over government as they do.
Absolutely. Thank god money can have incredible influence. Lord knows what would happen if the power were actually held by the people. Cats and dogs sleeping together, I'm sure. It'd be anarchy.