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Bekabam421 karma

Why are there so many alt accounts posting in this AMA?

I would assume if a company bought comments from a service they would at least splurge for the ones with longer account age.

Bekabam148 karma

Hopefully I can tag on a supplemntal question along the same lines.

Many people now are leaving their physical address off of their resume, mainly for 2 reasons:

  1. We live in a digital age where email and telephone are the main ways to communicate with employers, and so physical address doesn't really apply.

  2. Geographic discrimination, as you pointed out, is still very prevalent in the job market.

Thoughts on this? Good/bad idea to leave off your physical address?

I can see that relocation $ may still be in their mind if they have no idea where you're from, but if you can catch a phone interview then you can dismiss the ideas.

Bekabam32 karma

While that may get details of the xyz bill into the Congressperson's ear, it's naive to think all that's needed is a good in-person argument.

Websites like OpenSecrets don't exist to show how great someone's argument was.

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Senator Sanders, thank you very much for your time and energy in doing this AMA.

  • My question resides in career politicians, do you see the rise in younger politicians coming into the game already corrupted? Or does it seem to happen as the job wears down on individuals?

I really hate to use such strong language in my question, but I can see with my eyes every time I turn the news on. Special interests swaying votes on ideas that are very obvious human issues, the insane amount of money exchanged in Congress shown by Maplight.org, and just the general trend to have your life centered around a single party and idea (i.e. never changing with new information).


Have we as Americans forgotten the meaning of "civil servant"? As a recent college graduate, I have limited knowledge, yet the knowledge I do have scares me. It makes me embarrassed for the country I love.