new fed welfare policies bite hard, page-11

dipaha,

"society deals with social issues, politicians deal with the business of running government."

This is not a disagreement, just an addon to what you said. Politicians, to serve the community that they represent, should in the first instant, understand social issue and deal with them. If the majority of them subscribe to that motto and, when in government, practise that, we will have a much more responsive representative government and government policies.