AMATEURS IN CHARGE OF PROFESSIONALS

摘要

Our system of government places the amateurs in charge of the professionals. This is as it should be, and it is not the fault of the system itself that some of the amateurs―the politicians who are supposedly responsible to the voters―are falling down on the job. The professionals are the leaders of the fire, police, and other departments who are there to make carefully considered recommendations; offer expert advice; and, hopefully, educate the amateurs as to where we should be going and how we propose to get there. Unfortunately, those "professionals" too often find it easier to "go along to get along." Some are too easily led into areas they know to be wrong and thereby abdicate their responsibility to the public, too.