Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I recall, the number of lawyers in government has been dropping since the 60's. It peaked roughly around that time. If so, I'm not sure if that will solve the problem. (might not hurt) As I understand it, the number of lawyers on the hill are at an all time low. Lawyers or not.. the corruption manifests in many ways. I'll take anyone who is principled and honest, lawyer or not. The environment doesn't seem to lend ifself to attracting people of principle, unfortunately.
RE: Stop electing Lawyers/Attorneys as Senators, Congressmen, Presidents, Parliment, etc.
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Stop electing Lawyers/Attorneys as Senators, Congressmen, Presidents, Parliment, etc.
I don't know the statistics but I have given it some thought and being an attorney does not mean you are good at leadership. You are however, good at skills and sets of knowledge that are useful to clients.
They do tend to be trained in some skills that are likely useful to politicians, but then again there is a difference between a politician and a statesman. Perhaps the problem is we have too many politicians and not enough statesmen.
With their skills being to help their client not be incriminated as well as convince a jury if it comes to that they are skilled at speech, exploiting the law, and hiding information if they can that could incriminate whomever they choose to represent. This means they are skilled at essentially lying in various fashions. They may be good at countering these types of tactics which makes that useful skills in that arena. That however, is only a facet of what an administration needs to handle and that could be done just as easily by someone with a broader set of skills and interest who simply has someone to advise them on those particular facets.
We seriously have a law issue and seriously need tort reform. How likely is that to happen when those making the decisions make their living based off of the messes that pervade the current ridiculous legal system?
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