Cap Public Employment at 20 Years to Encourage Democracy Instead of a Ruling Class

Ours is an era of national political aloofness among the elites (who find it easier to consolidate wealth and power now). With such complete control of the electorate neither party makes much difference except to drive the moral decline of the nation further down the road to Orwell's optimum.

  The age of big government with annual trillion dollar deficits has established itself as if in defiance of the principles of democracy, frugality and public service. Big government prefers big business and global networks of power.

 In a democratic society without full employment all of the public should have a right to work for the government for several years if they desire. Public employment should not mean public collectivism with sinecures for million of union insiders. Lifetime public employment should be limited to 20 years. If someone retires from the military or has enough civil service time in to retire they should be bumped by any qualified applicant without 20 years of public employment. Instead of aloof government cliques doubling down on prosperity while millions go jobless. Instead of government workers that forget what individual enterprise means besides Harvard Wall Street C.E.O.'s and too big to fail banks getting 90 billion dollars of zero-interest loans each month, a democratic society should make sure that all citizens get a real opportunity to play government too.