https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl...47093.html

These congressmen actually think there is a way short of replacing 435 representatives.

term limits or indirect term limits by passing the stock trading ban bill…

I’ll take either or both and call it a MAGA moment!

(01-26-2022 12:08 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl...47093.html

These congressmen actually think there is a way short of replacing 435 representatives.

Their recommendations seem rather weak. But I do agree that the problem is cultural. Getting new butts in the seats isn't going to change things. Unless you meant literally replacing all 435 at once. I'd agree to that. :)

Soft/Hard term limits could also help things along.

(01-26-2022 12:53 PM)Crayton Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 12:08 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl...47093.html

These congressmen actually think there is a way short of replacing 435 representatives.

Their recommendations seem rather weak. But I do agree that the problem is cultural. Getting new butts in the seats isn't going to change things. Unless you meant literally replacing all 435 at once. I'd agree to that. :)

Soft/Hard term limits could also help things along.

That a great subplot to Tom Clancy's Executive Orders. After a pilot crashes his 747 into a joint session of congress to swear in Jack Ryan as VP, 95% of both houses were lost. The senate was reformed in the old image as the governors got to pick the replacements, but the house actually had a chance for real washington new comers to bring a fresh perspective to politics.

Still pissed that designated survivor ripped that plot off and turned it into woke garbage.

How to make Congress work better? How about we make them work. They get more time off than the average American, make more than the average American, and screw the Average American.

I want Congress to work worse, or virtually not at all.

just get rid of donors. The way the founders set it up is fine.

(01-26-2022 02:16 PM)fsquid Wrote:  just get rid of donors. The way the founders set it up is fine.

orrrrrrrrrrr ... how about each candidate divvies a set amt. from a pool of donors from both parties?!

yeah, that would really pucker their choco starfish....

(01-26-2022 02:14 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  I want Congress to work worse, or virtually not at all.

that's sounds like today's status quo...

(01-26-2022 02:28 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 02:16 PM)fsquid Wrote:  just get rid of donors. The way the founders set it up is fine.

orrrrrrrrrrr ... how about each candidate divvies a set amt. from a pool of donors from both parties?!

yeah, that would really pucker their choco starfish....

if you want to go the public campaign spending route, I'm with you there too.

It's fine the way it is.

(01-26-2022 03:12 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 02:28 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 02:16 PM)fsquid Wrote:  just get rid of donors. The way the founders set it up is fine.

orrrrrrrrrrr ... how about each candidate divvies a set amt. from a pool of donors from both parties?!

yeah, that would really pucker their choco starfish....

if you want to go the public campaign spending route, I'm with you there too.

split funds evenly ... I'm easily cool with that ...

however, no fk'n way that happens ... the donks would be beyond fk'd....

(01-26-2022 03:16 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  It's fine the way it is.

I'm not...

(01-26-2022 12:37 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  term limits or indirect term limits by passing the stock trading ban bill…

I’ll take either or both and call it a MAGA moment!

Both need to happen.....

Go back to the Articles of Confederation. Problem solved

Each bill before Congress should be for one specific purpose.

If the bill is to raise or lower a tax rate then it should include no other items. No bridges in Maine of highway paving in Alabama. Now I am being kind here as we all know that the extra 1990 pages of a bill are the ones where they enrich themselves and their friends and hurt the rest of us.

Of course there is as much chance of this happening as there is of them voting to term limit themselves.

The fact of the matter is that we are all screwed. And not enjoying it either.

Congress was designed for gridlock. It wasn’t designed for lobbyists controlling legislation however

Government officials should be banned from solo stock trading.

(01-26-2022 09:19 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Congress was designed for gridlock. It wasn’t designed for lobbyists controlling legislation however

Government officials should be banned from solo stock trading.

which is a portion of why, "houston, we have a fk'n problem."

(01-26-2022 09:19 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Congress was designed for gridlock. It wasn’t designed for lobbyists controlling legislation however

Government officials should be banned from solo stock trading.

Yes, but "serving in government" was never intended to be a damned career let alone one with a separate retirement benefit not afforded the public. They were supposed to lead for a few years and return to their businesses and professions.

(01-27-2022 07:20 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-26-2022 09:19 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Congress was designed for gridlock. It wasn’t designed for lobbyists controlling legislation however

Government officials should be banned from solo stock trading.

Yes, but "serving in government" was never intended to be a damned career let alone one with a separate retirement benefit not afforded the public. They were supposed to lead for a few years and return to their businesses and professions.

Ding ding ding.


If anyone has ever watched the movie Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones' character says this. Says to serve was supposed to be an honor.