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I'm wondering if more closed committees and more secrecy (not full secrecy) would incentivize different people to run for Congress. For example, how many people

I'm wondering if more closed committees and more secrecy (not full secrecy) would incentivize different people to run for Congress. For example, how many people who are very good at thinking deeply and negotiating and deliberating want to run for Congress now where almost every single decision is scrutinized and often broadcasted on TV? I sure hesitate to run because of how much micro-managing occurs, constantly looking over the shoulder to see if someone is doing their job. So I wonder if the current transparency initiatives inspire the ones who like to be in front of the cameras, constantly campaigning, more than those who like work together to govern.

toolz 4y ago
if you don't value the affected peoples scrutiny I'm not sure you should be in the position to begin with. How can anyone act as the will of the people without the people knowing what they're doing?
- jimkleiber 4y ago
  To me that's like saying how can someone be a good developer without letting the customers sit in on every meeting they have and watch the developer code in real-time. I believe a person can talk with constituents, maybe even 90% of the time, and learn as much from those conversations and then take that info into closed door discussions and negotiate on behalf of those people. And I think Congress would do a lot better collectively if we cared more about the team performance and less about the individual performance.