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Seaver you say you're in the government, in what way?
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I'm a legislative aid in the Texas Legislature. Basically I do everything from legislative research, constituent liaison(ing?), clerical duties, scheduling, etc. etc. etc.
The reason my experience is that average-joe can't do it is because I'm pretty certain average-joe is an idiot. For example, I just answered my 25th call in 2 months from people saying they want their
State Representative to vote our troops out of Iraq.
As for an intelligent off-the-streets guy, very few people know the procedures and respects that are involved in government. Most of the Representatives which are currently elected worked themselves as aids, they know other Reps from when they worked in similar offices, and they know intimately many of the issues because they dealt with the research on them earlier on. For example, the Rep. whom I work for was a legislative aid, and did the research for the current Trans-Texas Corridor which is currently being voted on. This massive building project has been in planning since the late '80s, and many of the Reps. currently have done the research themselves and know first-hand more knowledge of the project than many self-proclaimed experts.