Politics, let us agree, does not generally bring out the best in everybody. It narrows the lens of understanding, sets people against one another, is more interested in victory than truth. If, as Aristotle conceived it, the end of politics is happiness or the good life, in recent times it has never achieved much of the former nor gotten us any nearer to the latter.We should never have allowed public office to pay enough to encourage people to make it a career.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Me, too …
… I’m Partial to Impartiality - WSJ. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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Really? Is Michael Bloomberg, who needs a government salary not at all, your notion of the sort of person who should hold public office? He has the merit of having made his own money: but I don't see it as a merit that translates to qualification to hold office.
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