A whole industry of consultants and politicians and writers has been built on buzzwords that promise to fix government. We offer something different. Every November they elect a bunch of people who have never done this before. And each newly-elected official brings unseasoned political appointees to head agencies, direct divisions or serve as staff aides. The system has great benefits.
New people bring new ideas and new direction.
By design, our government reinvents itself each election day. But this strength of American democracy has become a major weakness. Much of today's cynicism is rooted in public officials' inability to do what they promised. It corrodes confidence when candidates win on great promises, four years pass and everything seems worse. It leaves the public frustrated, with fewer citizens willing to serve their governments.