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> Restricting public servants to only government bond investments would be a great way to discourage anyone with financial sense from running for congress. Run
by Uehreka 11mo ago
> Restricting public servants to only government bond investments would be a great way to discourage anyone with financial sense from running for congress.
Running for congress is already kind of a financially silly thing to do, that ship has sailed. Let’s pull the trigger on this and just see what happens.
- FridayoLeary 11mo ago>Running for congress is already kind of a financially silly thing to do Evidently it's not. There's another problem that it seems to me that it's mainly wealthy elite who get in. How many working class people are there in major leadership positions?
- Uehreka 11mo ago> Evidently it’s not. Cards on the table: I just don’t think people operate with single incentives like that, and even if they did, it’s a cost I’d pay easily.
- polski-g 11mo agoWe've been doing it. There has been a severe degradation in quality. Congressmen's salaries need to increase by 10x.