Day 139 Major policy decisions should always beleft to politicians and other government experts

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.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

五问：

（1）重大决策对于谁来说是重大的？我们是否有权对与他人相关的重大事件做出决策呢？重大决策只是关乎国家对外战略的吗？是否有与民生紧密相关的呢？

（2）了解更多信息的政客和政府专家，他们所了解的信息是哪些方面的？对于第一手的信息，是他们更了解还是一线的民众更了解？对于重大决策，一线的信息是否一定不重要？政客和政府专家们作为资源占有方，掌握着信息的来源，对于政府将要采取的政策可能会比民众知道得更早、更多，但是对于来自民间的一手信息，如民生民情，谁最先得知呢？

（3）只由政客和政府专家来做决策，可能会产生哪些问题？你是否听过政治学领域常说的“精英合谋”？

（4）对政客和政府专家所做的所有决策都开绿灯，是否可能造成腐败的现象？

（5）政客和政府专家是如何产生的？如果不让民众参与政治决策的过程，是否可能导致政策不被理解、难以实施等其他问题？

翻译练习：

只有通过倾听来自各行各业的人们的声音，政客们才能保持消息灵通并借此维持他们良好的判断力。因此，政客们不仅应该基于广大民众的意愿来制定重大政策，而且应该根据他们从民众那里获知的变化的现实情况来调整它们（即政策）。

参考答案：

Only by listening to the voices of people from all walks of life can politicians keep themselves well-informed and thereby retaining their good judgment. Therefore, not only should politicians base their major policy decisions on the will of the general public, they should also adapt them to the changing realities they learn from their people.