There is a caucus of GOP physicians in the House of Representatives. Here they reflect on ObamaCare's first year. It's good that there are M.D.s in the Congress. Negatively, physicians are not lawyers. Positively, they are scientifically trained without being mere theoreticians: they diagnose, they cut, they sew. They are the plumbers and the auto mechanics of the human body. They grapple at close quarters with recalcitrant matter. They don't just talk, write, and argue. Not that the latter aren't important; they are. But balance is also important.
We need more doctors, engineers, and businessmen in government -- and fewer lawyers. And a few working stiffs, too. There are truck drivers and pipe fitters who could do the job. How can a government top-heavy with lawyers be representative of the folks?
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