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meadowlander

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2. Career public servants are there to administer and implement the policies created by elected officials.

Reply to Otto_Harper (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:46 PM

Nov 15

If we elect nincompoops, we put them in an impossible situation.

Rather than firing the career public service, why don't we elect better people to give them something better to work with?

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More Than 3 Million People [View all] Otto_Harper Nov 15 OP

WTF!? NutmegYankee Nov 15 #1

Career public servants are there to administer and implement the policies created by elected officials. meadowlander Nov 15 #2

Prior to this election Otto_Harper Nov 15 #3

A. Much of their work product is classified meadowlander Nov 15 #4