These senators & congressmen aren't our 'leaders', they're our OVERPAID EMPLOYEES.

[Philosoraptor]

So let's stop treating them like they're our overlords, like we're serfs and they're the monarchy, WE PAY THEIR SALARIES, and 95% of them are doing a shitty job and ripping us off ROYALLY, and we pay them far, far too much for it.

Thanks for listening.

[Psychic Consortium]

1. Corrupt, incompetent, overpaid. Public service is a scandal in this country. nt

[ixion]

2. very well said.

:applause:

[Philosoraptor]

3. Just got sick today listening to them calling them 'our leaders'

[Psychic Consortium]

12. Not only do they not lead, but they damage American and its citizens.

Obama is raising the bar regarding public service.

[Philosoraptor]

16. ..........

[handmade34]

4. cut their health care benefits until they improve performance

[Philosoraptor]

5. & make them work for the minimum wage, not $174,000 a year + perks

[panader0]

6. I just want their healthcare.

[undeterred]

7. Spell it "overpaid".

[Philosoraptor]

8. Thanx, I'm so embarrest

[TahitiNut]

9. It's funny how rarely I hear the euphemism "public servants" these days.

Times have changed ... and not for the better in some ways.

[Psychic Consortium]

11. It is time for those hired by the people to understand what it means to be a public servant.

High time for them to understand what it means to work
for the country, the people and to be worthy of public trust.

[Marr]

14. Indeed-- and how often you hear the word "leaders".

I still cringe when I hear members of Congress and the Senate refer to themselves as "leaders". It's insulting. They don't understand their intended place at all-- we don't have "leaders", we have representatives. We aren't children, and we aren't serfs.

It's very reminiscent of GW Bush.

[TahitiNut]

15. The literal translation of "Fuhrer" is "leader" ... and that obsession is symptomatic, imho.

It's creepy, disgusting, and disturbing.

[handmade34]

17. 50% discount on workshop registration

"Servant Leadership" should be mandatory to taking office

http://www.greenleaf.org/

...studied it in seminary

[TahitiNut]

18. I have long been a proponent of the "inverted pyramid" paradigm ...

... of an organizational hierarchy. The manager-as-facilitator and servant to those on the "front lines" of the enterprise has always aligned with my values. My first choice of career was as an officer in the Coast Guard ... a military SERVICE that truly subscribes to the value of SERVICE. Finding that I was not 'adaptable' to the military, my first job upon graduation from college was teaching high school. The roots of my value system are deeply-embedded in the drive to make the world better in whatever I have done. (Even if I serve to be a bad example.)

[earth mom]

10. Time for pitchforks.

[Kermitt Gribble]

13. That's one of biggest my pet peeves -

when people refer to them as our "leaders".