On Oct 17, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Shane Mage wrote:
>> Aside from being lazy, they increase the power of the legislative
>> staff, since the legislators are constantly learning on the job.
>> This has actually been proved in political science papers, though I
>> can't cite any offhand.
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> In England there are no term limits, and precious little legislative
> staff. Same in Japan. The senior civil service decides everything.
I think New Labour has changed much of this, reducing the power of the civil service and increasing the power of politicians.
I'm not sure what your point is though. Do you want to refute what I said with probably irrelevant examples from abroad, or are you pointing out the diversity of it all?
Doug