10-22-2016, 09:15 PM
(10-22-2016, 06:28 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Maybe if Congress was actually run like a business, but I don't see what we get for that experience. "Dealmaking" isn't that hard or difficult when you have good ideas in a non-partisan atmosphere. Experience, as in experience on committees (and presumably based on some real life/business experience prior) is definitely great, but in Congress committee choice is more like "this will be fun for a bit" or "I have an interest in a bill coming thru there this year".
Political "experience" usually is about deal making, arm twisting, fundraising and ass kissing....and lying....I don't see where we get any real value from any of that. When that's the qualification to get something done - again a lot because of power accumulated without term limits - what you don't have is a lot of qualified people CAPABLE of doing something good.
It does take skill to be a politician and get stuff done. Electing people with no experience will just make things worse.
Term limits does nothing but undermine the will of the public. If you don't want career politicians then don't elect career politicians. you have made it clear that you don't think that influence of money has anything to do with who is elected, so how do these "career politicians" keep getting re-elected.
