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Congress moves too slow to be effective at thwarting off bad policy (largely written by lobbyists) until after it’s done its damage. By then, the senators that
by reactordev 9mo ago
Congress moves too slow to be effective at thwarting off bad policy (largely written by lobbyists) until after it’s done its damage. By then, the senators that sponsored the bill quietly retire. Or they double down behind closed doors to be elected well into their geriatric years. I’m for term limits and age caps.
- terminalshort 9mo agoLobbyists can't write bad policy unless it is passed by congress, so basically you are saying that congress doesn't move fast enough to stop congress. I'm also skeptical of this "but the lobbyists" argument and I can't think of a single major problem facing the country that can be reasonably blamed on them.
- reactordev 9mo agohttps://systemicjustice.org/article/corporate-influence/ https://systemicjustice.org/article/corporate-influence/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10938928/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10938928/ You can't think of any?