I don’t think a lot of these people understand what it means for them to be a public servant. This is not a job where you put your interests first. You are quite literally a servant to your constituents, and your entire purpose during your term is to serve their wishes, to carry out the will of the people. The amount of people that will get elected into a role like that, then be shocked when the people that elected them ask them to do things for them is baffling to me.
I mean they literally spend their entire term in office listening to lobbyists instead of constituents so it’s not too hard to think they don’t really care…
I don’t think a lot of these people understand what it means for them to be a public servant. This is not a job where you put your interests first. You are quite literally a servant to your constituents, and your entire purpose during your term is to serve their wishes, to carry out the will of the people. The amount of people that will get elected into a role like that, then be shocked when the people that elected them ask them to do things for them is baffling to me.
I mean they literally spend their entire term in office listening to lobbyists instead of constituents so it’s not too hard to think they don’t really care…
and they spend all thier time campaigning for funds from donors in the meantime, no time to actual legislate.