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December 15th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Moreover, a political career should be esteemed and valued in a democracy. Whatever we may think of individual politicians from time to time, especially the ones we didn’t vote for, the willingness to contribute to the civic life of the nation warrants respect.
What politicians do is different from other forms of employment. Asked whether the life of a politician is 24/7, Gray went further yesterday, depicting it as 24/7/52, “more than a full-time job”. Anyone who has ever counted a member of parliament among their friends knows this to be true. Their time is no longer their own in a way that most people would find unbearable.
In so many ways, MPs function as emergency social workers, dealing with myriad problems on a daily basis. Weekends and weekday nights consumed by electorate events is their lot in life. Schools, clubs, business organisations, local councils, sports groups – the list is endless, the button-holing continuous, the demands for assistance non-stop.
It’s true that there are no set hours of work for MPs, and no mandatory tasks, aside from attending parliamentary sittings. Their roles vary, depending on geography and electoral margins of safety, but the evidence suggests all MPs are inundated as never before, in part because of digital technology that makes them accessible, and in part because of a growing culture of entitlement.
Yes, no one made them do it, and the truth is many politicians get a huge buzz out of it; the ego is stroked, the sense of being at the centre of things can be intoxicating.
But the reality also is that most politicians find they have little real power. For many, their influence exists through their skill as a political traffic cop, directing people to the right department, the correct branch of government or the appropriate public servant who can sort out their problem.
On average, political careers are now shorter than ever before. The electoral climate is more volatile as party identification declines. Over the past 20 years, half of all the seats in the House of Representatives have changed hands at least once. Politicians who may have forgone other careers can quickly find themselves back in the job market. Their salaries should appropriately account for this dislocation.
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