Good news, politicians aren't having fun!

I was driving in to work yesterday and was listening to the CBC. It was the political panel, a Liberal, a Conservative and a New Democrat, discussing ... and mostly spinning the current events.

It one point, when discussing some recent provincial government cutbacks, the Liberal had the following gem:

"It's not a fun time to be a politician. 
They have some tough choices to make."

I thought that was their job. Perhaps if they had made some tough choices when times were good and actually tried to balance the budget then, or even better, ran a surplus, we wouldn't be in this mess today.  This is one of the premises of Keynesian Economics.  

If politicians really were putting the good of society ahead of their own interests, prudent budgetting would be the norm. Instead, what we see is politicians who bribe voters with their own money, or worse, the money of future generations, with their main goal of perpetuating their rule or the rule of their party.

If anyone has ideas about how we can make our representatives actually represent us, we need these ideas now. If not, how about we move to a system where they are not needed. You know what system I am talking about.