Simple solution to break the Politicians' stranglehold
We expect the Politicians to honestly perform the jobs they were elected to do. We also expect they improve the existing system. To do so, we give them complete authority to create laws and use the bureaucracy to enforce the laws. While we do this, we expect the politicians to act honorably and not misuse this authority. Over years we have observed that our trust in their honesty is misplaced. Today we need the Politician to enact laws that curb this authority and also provide the ability to the people the right to dismiss the politician if he does not perform.
In the current system, no politician today will put curbs on his power or allow his disqualification. There is no incentive for him to do so.
There is a way to achieve this: the Politicians will do that only if he sees that someday in the future he will become one of the common people. And he will not have any special powers to extract favors from the governing establishment.
Today they do not care about changing the rotting system because they know how to get fast-track processing of their requests. They can circumvent the system and get extra facilities in a jiffy. The common man on the other hand has to suffer and bribe to get his basic necessities and other facilities.
If the politician sees that someday he will have to stand in a queue with the common man and endure the same hardships the common man faces, he will definitely work towards improving the system. He will ensure there are enough checks and balances put in place that future politicians do not run amok. Since he will not have unlimited powers he will ensure the Politicians are servants of the public and not the other way around.
Achieving this is easy; we need to put an upper limit to the age of a Politician. Similar to all other professions, Politicians should also have a retirement age of 60. In my view this should be 50; this will help in getting younger people involved in Politics, and also ensure the Politicians will have to work for at least 10 years of their life like common people. Having to live a good part of their retired life as a common man is the best incentive for them to do their job well today.
In the current system, no politician today will put curbs on his power or allow his disqualification. There is no incentive for him to do so.
There is a way to achieve this: the Politicians will do that only if he sees that someday in the future he will become one of the common people. And he will not have any special powers to extract favors from the governing establishment.
Today they do not care about changing the rotting system because they know how to get fast-track processing of their requests. They can circumvent the system and get extra facilities in a jiffy. The common man on the other hand has to suffer and bribe to get his basic necessities and other facilities.
If the politician sees that someday he will have to stand in a queue with the common man and endure the same hardships the common man faces, he will definitely work towards improving the system. He will ensure there are enough checks and balances put in place that future politicians do not run amok. Since he will not have unlimited powers he will ensure the Politicians are servants of the public and not the other way around.
Achieving this is easy; we need to put an upper limit to the age of a Politician. Similar to all other professions, Politicians should also have a retirement age of 60. In my view this should be 50; this will help in getting younger people involved in Politics, and also ensure the Politicians will have to work for at least 10 years of their life like common people. Having to live a good part of their retired life as a common man is the best incentive for them to do their job well today.
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