No lawyers.
No Ivy Leaguers.
No professional politicians.
Government should be much, much smaller and should be administered by people who have actually worked for a living.
Well said.
The experience issue is a problem.
What most folks don’t realize is that new electeds are run and manipulated by staff. Staff believes (correctly) they are there forever and the electeds come and go. So it is their job to manipulate the electeds so that staff achieves their agenda, not the elected’s agenda. They train the electeds to think like them and never to think out of the boxes staff defines.
It takes at least two years for smart electeds to figure out the game and to start taking control back from staff. Many electeds never figure it out (or are lazy and do not want to figure it out) and settle into deep-state-lackey status.
Donald Trump is a good example. After 2016, he trusted establishment “staff” far too much and was betrayed over and over. If he is elected in 2024, he will not make the same mistake. Experience will be the difference.