Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

The fact that it's been around for forty years is not a defense for its continuation. As people change and their motivations change, old provisions with long histories can become a problem. As I've said earlier, if our MEC bureaucrats were junkyard dogs fighting for scope reversal and C2K restoration, I'd be lobbying my reps to increase their pay. The fact that our MEC bureaucrats are doing nothing of the sort, I'm forced to ask the question: "Why Not?" Part of the answer could very well be the fact that they identify with the entity that actually pays their salaries. If the dollars are exactly the same, it shouldn't matter to our MEC bureaucrats where their money comes from.

When I represent a party and their interests, I'm paid BY that part, not some third party with a competing interest to the party I'm charged with representing. It's a tried and true process, and one I can hardly believe we're even arguing about.

Carl