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So far, nobody seems to be as concerned as I am about a careerist's conflict of interest between doing what is best for the nation and doing what will get him/her re-elected. Without a constitutional change that will make it impossible for anyone to make a career out of political offices, we will be governed by self-interested office-holders who will just let tomorrow take care of itself because they will not be around anyway. I see such a constitutional change as only the first step--to be followed by campaign finance reform. We are not likely to have the second unless we get the first.
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