Dear @happyme
BIG THX for your reply. I very much appreciate your time and effort and I'm grateful that you're sharing your thoughts with me.
Those people working and doing the grunt work are usually EMPLOYEES of the Government. They do not constitute the Government themselves.
I'm not sure about it. People do not seem to differenciate EMPLYESS of the Goverment and goverment itself. Because the reality is that even Prime minister is an emplyee of the Goverment.
From my experience people complain that "goverment" is making their life difficult even if they deal with low-positioned tax officer sitting in goverment office.
That's my impression so far.
I don't know about the politicians in your country, but I have not seen any benefit to the voters in this country or its neighbour.
Politics is always very close to "buying" votes. Pleasing voters is something all of them do. But it it just like you said: just a bone.
Yours
Piotr
You may be correct about people's impressions about government employees, but that does not make their impression correct. I was a government employee myself, and I can assure you that the employees have less influence on what happens as far as legislation than anyone else. Those in power seem to think that the employees know nothing and that the elected leaders are the ones who know everything (or at least that is the perception they give in order to hold all the power and make the rules to suit themselves).
Dear @happyme
You were government employee? you mind sharing with me what sort of job did you do?
I believe you.
Zours
Pitr
I worked for a crown corporation (they have nothing to do with running the country, but it is a government operation that is funded by taxpayers).
My point was simply to say that not all government employees have a hand in what is being decided by the politicians. In fact, the company bosses listened more to outsiders than those who actually worked within the company. Lots of employees provided input as to how to make the job better/more efficient/safer, etc. however practically none of the suggestions (if any at all) were ever implemented. However, when an outside contractor or consultant said something, the bosses listened and often acted on it; sometimes with terrible results! It was very frustrating.
As far as legislation: We had absolutely no input there at all.
These days they don't even need to "buy" votes. They manipulate social media and the press so that "public opinion" is moved by brainwashing and other psychological manipulations. It is all trickery of the less educated and even some of the more educated into believing that their party is the one you SHOULD vote for. It is not always done by pleasing the public, but also by creating fear that if the other party gets in, something bad will happen.