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MICHAEL K. POWELL'S GOLDEN REVOLVING DOOR
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:55:07 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Robert C. Atkinson" <rca53 () columbia edu> Date: August 12, 2005 7:15:15 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] MICHAEL K. POWELL'S GOLDEN REVOLVING DOOR Dave:I disagree. We should be celebrating Mike Powell's good fortune as a means for inspiring the "best and brightest" to do government service early in their careers. If there isn't the prospect of having a very good job after government service, why would the best and brightest do government service until they approach the end of their careers? There are two types of people we need to attract to government service: 1) bright youngsters from the top schools who are up-to- date in the law, economics, technology, etc. and have the energy to work 24x7; and, 2) old codgers (like you, me and others) who serve short periods in government and use their relevant experience, expertise and even wisdom to guide the energy and enthusiasm of the youngsters in the "right" direction. If there is a "revolving door" problem, the fault would be with the old codgers who failed to mentor properly.
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