Politicians, our employees

We can change our perspective in regard to politicians as easily as we can change our hairdo. The sooner we perceive elected officials as our employees (we hire them through the election process and we pay their salaries with our tax dollars), the sooner the American public will be able to see and understand more clearly that we actually have the power to fire/hire new, more qualified employees.

Our elected officials in all branches of government get a paycheck, insurance and vacations (also known as recesses). Even a second-grader must miss recess, if their math worksheet is not completed before recess! The adults in the “political” room are allowed to not complete the hard work of the jobs they have been hired to perform and continue to go out for recess. What would the consequences be for the non-elected citizen who performed in this manner in the workplace? Yes, that person would be “let go.”

Our obsession with celebrity is part of the problem. We have given politicians celebrity status in this country. No one can have celebrity status, unless we give it to them. Let us all consider the practice of operating from a level playing field in all aspects of life. We are all created equal, therefore we can all claim celebrity, if we choose to. And yes, we must all do the job we have been hired to do or we will be “let go.” And rightly so!

Elizabeth Williams

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