Claim Major policy decisions should always be left to politicians and other government experts Reason Politicians and other government experts are more informed and thus have better judgment and perspective than do members of the general public

The assertion that major policy decisions should always be left to politicians and other government experts is a controversial one. The author has justified his claim by reasoning that politicians and other government experts are more informed and thus have better judgement and perspective than do members of the general public. On one hand, it is in the best interest of all that major policy decisions should be left to politicians and other government experts. On the other hand, public judgement is also crucial in making decisions of policy implementation to invoke proper transparency in the system. However, in the final analysis, it is more beneficial is major policy decisions are taken by politicians and general public mutually.

Firstly, it should be well known that democratic system has replaced the aristocratic system and individual leaders are bygone by now. The democratic system is by the people, of the people and for the people. So, each individual in the society has right to get involved in decisions which would have fairly good impact on their own future and livelihood. Also, a great deal of turmoil can be avoided if people are consulted before announcing any major policy decision taken by government officials alone.

Secondly, the politicians can also get involved in their personal benefits by implementing certain policies instead of looking for better good of large amount of people in the society. The politicians can resort to partiality in terms of policy decisions with respect to leading economic companies in the society. For example, in India, some politicians had given away large amount of land to one big automobile giant TATA Motors for constructions of the manufacturing camp for much anticipated TATA Nano car and for harbingering good relations with such a big market leader. But most of this land given away belonged to poor farmers whose livelihood depended on it. There was a big public ruckus regarding this decision and the camp base of that automobile company had to be shifted to another state resulting in loss of time and money for people as well company. If people had been consulted before, such wastage could have been prevented forehand.

Moreover, politicians and other government officials and politicians don’t have much feel of problems which are faced by people in real life. Their lavish life doesn’t let them feel the problems of consensus. For example, people who have undergone a natural disaster like flood or earthquake know what problems they have actually faced and what problems are needed to be addressed by the government. In such case, opinion of common people can prove to be much more beneficial. However, there exists some section in society which is least interested in participating in decision make. Also, the decision making process in itself is much more individualistic. So, instead of wasting time in comprehending such variety of decisions, expert opinions of politicians and government officials can come handy.

To sum up, it can be said that politicians and government officials implementing policies by themselves can be advantageous as well as disadvantageous. So, proper and smooth functioning of society involves mutual understanding and decision making by government officials and public constructively.