(07-11-2022, 07:28 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(07-05-2022, 07:56 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: To the first bolded sentence, that is a great point. To the second, I seriously don't think enough people understand that this is the problem in DC. The politicians just follow the money. Same with the science. Cleaning up DC means separating the politicians from the corporations, and it's going to be hard because we can't see who's who.

I've always considered the election more of a Trump loss, than a Biden victory.  His arrogance alienated too many voters who couldn't mentally separate his agenda from his personality.

I think the first step to cleaning up DC is term limits.  The power of the position is addictive, too many get there and never want to leave.  The longer they're there, the more tightly they become tied to the money.

Term limits require a Constitutional amendment.  I used to oppose the idea, but im starting to see the benefits.
If we could make it so 1/4 to 1/2 of all members of Congress at any given time weren't worried about getting re-elected, it might really improve things.  But Congress itself will never do it, unless the states are on the cusp of organizing an article 5 convention (as happened with the 17th amendment)
The best part is it might kick off a necessary conversation about which other amendments would be beneficial.
But no one can ever get money out of politics.

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