Many years ago I was invite to sit on a board of a charity I was involved with. Everyone else was about that age. Congress made a lot more sense to me after that experience.
That problem is more easily solved by congressional term limits, which I also believe should be a thing. Too many people in congress spend their time staying in congress and collecting bribes than being the public servants the position is supposed to be
Freshmen members of Congress have few/no connections and ability to make deals. They often network via more senior members. Without these structures in place, and especially without long-term accountability to their constituents, they are highly incentivized to simply follow the money and cash out.
People always like to say politicians are dishonest thieves in the pocket of various interests, but politicians vote with their constituents an overwhelming percentage of the time and regularly enjoy high levels of support from constituents even when Congress’s approval ratings are in the toilet.
People like their representatives, and want the rest of Congress to be more like them, more often than not
Couple the above with the massive churn term limits would oppose and the broken gerrymander/primary system that rewards the most extreme candidates, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Many years ago I was invite to sit on a board of a charity I was involved with. Everyone else was about that age. Congress made a lot more sense to me after that experience.
That problem is more easily solved by congressional term limits, which I also believe should be a thing. Too many people in congress spend their time staying in congress and collecting bribes than being the public servants the position is supposed to be
Congressional term limits would dramatically increase risk of corruption in elected officials
Any reason why you believe that? Just more turnover and knowledge sharing?
Think about who would have the time and money to run for office when there’s high turnover. It’s the wealthy fucks.
I think a better approach is improving candidate quality. More of us need to run for office.
Freshmen members of Congress have few/no connections and ability to make deals. They often network via more senior members. Without these structures in place, and especially without long-term accountability to their constituents, they are highly incentivized to simply follow the money and cash out.
People always like to say politicians are dishonest thieves in the pocket of various interests, but politicians vote with their constituents an overwhelming percentage of the time and regularly enjoy high levels of support from constituents even when Congress’s approval ratings are in the toilet.
People like their representatives, and want the rest of Congress to be more like them, more often than not
Couple the above with the massive churn term limits would oppose and the broken gerrymander/primary system that rewards the most extreme candidates, and you have a recipe for disaster.