How can politicians tell us what is good for us if they never had a proper day job in their life?

Answer 1

They hire consultants with tax payers money, they have focus groups given loaded questions, they are lobbied by pressure groups, saying if you do this we can guarantee,to keep you on the gravy train. Then they pay a member of their family to answer,all the awkward questions their constituents send them.A very few MPs have worked outside Politics and these you will find are there for Public service reason's not to line their own pockets at the TAX PAYERS EXPENSE

Answer 2

Stealing is the Name of the Game--- Being a Politician appeals to the type of People who "Feel" they know better than the rest of us how we should live our Lives -- little Dictators at Heart -- they Instinctively Hate Freedom of Choice , Thought and Speech --- "Our way or No Way --- We Know Best" -- with their Secret Agendas -- Their "Self Seeking and Self Importance " when in Reality they are a Flawed Breed -- Lying , Cheating , Duplicity and Deception is Second Nature to them Treachery and Treason -- "Nothing is Sacrosanct" Is their "Byword" --- Incompetence - Bungling and in general a Shower of Useless Bastards- Who In the case on Great Britain - are Destroying our Country 24/7 --Suppressing and Demeaning the Indigenous Population ......Stealing the Nations Pensions and Wealth , Imposing Penal Taxation on our Nation, Causing Untold Misery and Poverty for Millions -- with Daily "Leaks" of Worse to Come whilst they enjoy the "High Life" at our Expense --- Policticians == A Load of S Hit.

Answer 3

Currently sitting in the House of Commons are former teachers, actors, doctors, soldiers and lawyers.

A quick visit to Wikipedia gained the following information about MPs' former careers:

Gordon Brown was a lecturer and journalist, William Hague was a management consultant, Glenda Jackson was an actress, Ken Livingston worked for cancer research, trained to be a teacher and worked as a food critic, Sir Menzies Campbell was an athlete, John Prescott was a waiter and David Davis was an insurance clerk, joined the TA and worked for Tate and Lyle for 17 years.

Answer 4

Lets try to be impartial,some of them have actually worked for a living in one way or another but having arrived in the Land of Milk and Honey (Parliament) most of them are praying they will never have to 'work' again. After all where else could you claim expenses like they can and employ your family as secretaries/researchers. In any case most of them are so out of touch with real life they haven't got a clue, what they all do have however is a great capacity for verbal diarrhoea.

Answer 5

The answer is they can't.....Until we do away with career politicians, this is going to be a problem. The voting public needs to look past the handsome/pretty face, the glibness, the political party affiliation and really ask themselves.....What is this person's qualifications to make decisions thats going to affect me and future mankind? Until we learn to do this or impose term limits we are stuck with status quo.

Answer 6

Your guess is as good as mine, these people sit in their offices taking money off the tax payer ie me and you for doing nothing but spout none sense about things they know nothing about. And yet they have the cheek to say they need more money and also that they deserve respect, in my eyes people have to earn respect and no politician apart possibly Tony Benn even comes anywhere doing that in my mind.

Answer 7

Unfortunately politics appeals to a certain type of person!!!!!!
How we change this to make it a more worthwhile pursuit for employees, I haven't a clue!

Answer 8

They know what is the right thing to do is. They just want to make sure it only applies to you and not to them.

Answer 9

'twas ever thus I'm afraid but this lot are much more bullying and intrusive.