Graduating seniors, hoping to land a dream job in your chosen field? A handful of lucky ones will, but most of you will either be in for a long search; or you may have to settle for flipping burgers; or worse mediocre, low-paying dead-end jobs you don't even need education for.
New students, hoping to get a substantial scholarship? In many cases, thanks to career politicians, you'll be lucky to receive a student loan. As if you need to start out with a huge debt once you graduate.
What can be done about American mediocrity?: Should we dump most or all of the long-time, fat-cat career politicians?: More often than not, yes. Perhaps it is time to limit the term of most officeholders to no more than ten or twelve years in any elected position, if that.
People with political aspirations could then run for a different position though, such as a mayor running for governor, governor running for Congress or President, or a senator running for representative, or vice versa. In my opinion though, politicians should be barred from becoming lobbyists in the same chamber they once served as politicians. That way, we can hopefully all benefit from the leadership experience of our elected leaders without them giving too much power and influence to those special-interest groups; who all-too often end up being counterproductive to the interests of the electorate. (to be cont'd)
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