elected officials security clearances

Submitted by David (United States), Nov 3, 2008 at 01:17

I read an article that quoted a FBI agent who said that elected officials (senators, representatives) are not checked because the voters will have checked their background. So if a bunch of people can be fooled or persuaded by a charlatan to elect a commie in their state or district, then the rest of us are stuck with him. That's something the founding fathers didn't take into account. A better form of government is a beneficent dictatorship which always has the good of the people in mind when making policies and decisions.

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