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@evoman3957 wrote:

Politicians depress the hell out of me, we all vote for these slimy, two bit, second hand car salesman types; who make a bee line for a Baby to kiss, at public engagements, while looking people in the eye and lying through their teeth.  As the words of the Beatles song goes " there is room at the top they are telling me still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill ".  As for exit strategies, that's like trying to find the exit from a Maze; before you've even walked in the entrance and got right into the middle of it.  Chances are, you'll get lost before you even get to the root of the problem and end up cutting a hole in the wall to get out............Brilliant.............. why didn't I spend a life getting highly educated, articulate and a super success in business..........then I could have thought of that.  I blame myself as well, I go down to the polling booth and am corralled into choosing between a Robot, a Numpty, a remnant of pond life, or a megalomaniac..............." GORDON BENNETT ". Oh but there are benefits, yes indeed there are......they send my Son, or Daughter, off to far flung corners of the World, to impose our way of life on others and I get them back, with no Arms or Legs; if I get them back at all................and all while the second hand Car salesmen, go back to their cosy little Houses and Families every night and have the arduous task of filling out their expense claims..............how civilized we all are.

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Really a different topic but you are right - our current political system encourages short term populist views which end up causing the sort of situation we find ourselves in.

I've stated many times that I believe that the political parties of candidates at elections should not be printed on ballot papers.  If we voted for the person we thought could best represent us rather than for a party we might end up with politicians that look to their electorate for approval rather than their party leaders.