What are the benefits and liabilities of having career politicians in a representative form of government?

On your website you have the following information:

Military Construction/Veterans Affairs

Project Name: Veterans University
Recipient: California State University, Long Beach
Recipient Street Address: 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach Recipient, CA 90840
Amount of Request: $5,900,000
Is the Recipient a for-profit entity? No

An earmark of $5,900,000 is requested for the creation of Veterans University to specifically serve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the Southern California region. The need for educational programs and supplemental services are sorely needed for veterans and although the Veterans Administration provides core services, more are necessary. Veterans are welcomed to universities throughout California but few offer a comprehensive model of academic and certificate programs that track veterans, ensure that services address their needs, and help them find employment when they leave academic and certificate programs.

If I understand this, you are asking for funding for the brave men and women who serve our Country. The question I have is why would you be putting the "earmark" tag on a program that we should all be supporting? This seems like a given for the Veterans who have served. Please clarify for me why this can't stand alone as a Nationwide proposal to help them as they return from service?

I have a question related to your statement about Health Care on your website. I quote you where you say, "I oppose efforts by Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats in Congress to saddle taxpayers with another enormous government program". This statement makes me think you are not for health care reform but then you acknowledge that the system needs to be fixed. I would like to find out from you what elements of the current "worlds finest" health system you would like to see maintained and which specific elements you would like to see done away with. I can barely afford my current health care and am thinking that the one I belong to doesn't seem to care about me all that much. The doctors I do see actually are very nice when I get with them but they already seem rushed and that also makes me nervous that the new system will make them even more stressed. Forget about my worries, what I asked above really is how do you think the proposed health care now being considered in Washington DC will affect Doctors? I guess I have a lot of questions about it but I really hope I can keep my current health care and not be charged more! What can you do to make that happen?