"There is a show on cable TV’s Discovery Channel that has me thinking about the best way to reform government. It’s called “Dirty Jobs” and the premise is simple: in each episode, host Mike Rowe endeavors to perform a job so unpleasant that most people wouldn’t want to do it if their livelihoods–or their lives–depended on it.
If it were up to me ( and I’m betting a lot of other Americans as well), one of the requirements for holding public office would be two years of employment in one of those so-called dirty jobs. No experience in the private sector? No running for the House, the Senate, the Oval Office, the Supreme Court or a Cabinet position–no exceptions."
"Right now I’m picturing Barney Frank in a haz-mat suit lugging a hose towards a septic tank. If that image makes you smile, you’re part of the solution."
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