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do_not_engage t1_itwkeik wrote

I don't see how that's a problem? The politicians job is to use the knowledge of that staff to accomplish their stated goals. The staff knowing more than the politician isn't... bad. Unless the goal is just to make sure the politician in question is always the smartest person in the room by removing all the other smart people...

Edit: Oh i see

> forming a shadow government

That's not what a shadow government is, because if the elected official feels that way, they can always fire their staff members. Shadow government can't just be fired by an elected official. They are the people runing agencies - without term limits OR having been elected.

Term limits on un-elected agency positions would ALSO stop shadow government as well as solve the generation gap problem.

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