11-12-2016, 06:11 AM
(11-12-2016, 01:45 AM)Benton Wrote: And much of that staff doesn't change.
I'd suggest that "staff" rolls over frequently and often. It's interns and grad students from law and public policy schools just starting out....after 4 years, max, they're moving on to the next thing (which in many cases is probably politics).
Now if you are talking POTUS, and cabinet and offices etc....then I'd agree that Dept of Defense, for example, is largely driven by career staffers.
But otherwise, yeah, you're voting for "experienced" Congressionals that farm out most of their work to 20-something college kids.
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