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They absolutely should be. The legislature is not representing the will of the voters and refusing to do what's right for society as a whole and pass term limit
by anonym29 2y ago
They absolutely should be. The legislature is not representing the will of the voters and refusing to do what's right for society as a whole and pass term limits for themselves. It's not complicated. Those who vote yes are reasonable, ethical, moral people, and those who vote no leave behind a permanent legacy of boundless self-interest.
- rbanffy 2y agoThat solves a symptom, not the problem. You need stronger legislation against lobbying, campaign financing, and investing by representatives. If that works, the incentive to be a representative is reduced and there won’t be people who make it into a profitable career against the interests of the people.
- varelse 2y ago[dead]
- anonym29 2y agoI agree wholeheartedly. I think addressing any of these - term limits, lobbying, campaign finance reform, congressional insider trading - is a good thing and we should be wanting to address all of them. RepresentUs had a really good platform for this up until COVID, then seemingly all of their credibility around genuine bipartisanship disappeared and the old open-minded, respectful, cross-aisle cooperative spirit was just thrown straight out the window. I was very disappointed by this.