AWOL From Their "Jobs"
13 February 2008
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
The 2008 presidential campaign has been going on for a year now, with nine months remaining. This campaign features several U.S. senators. So I ask: what sorts of "public servants" are Sens. Clinton, McCain, and Obama that each goes AWOL for almost two years from the jobs they were elected to perform in order to hunt for another job? Either each of these people is utterly irresponsible, or "service" in the U.S. Senate is pointless. If the former, each of these persons is ethically challenged. If the latter, the Senate experience and achievements that each brags about are irrelevant.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
The 2008 presidential campaign has been going on for a year now, with nine months remaining. This campaign features several U.S. senators. So I ask: what sorts of "public servants" are Sens. Clinton, McCain, and Obama that each goes AWOL for almost two years from the jobs they were elected to perform in order to hunt for another job? Either each of these people is utterly irresponsible, or "service" in the U.S. Senate is pointless. If the former, each of these persons is ethically challenged. If the latter, the Senate experience and achievements that each brags about are irrelevant.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
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Thursday July 3, 2008 at 10:27am