11-11-2016, 12:56 PM
(11-10-2016, 09:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I do agree that term limits for Congress perhaps is not the best idea. However, the lifetime salary and benefits is costing the public, a lot. These are all educated, successful people, they should easily be able to earn a living once their time in public service is done. And the ones that retire from Congress should have done well enough to sustain themselves from their earnings and lobbyist payouts.
I know there is a little bit of sarcasm here, but this walks into some interesting territory. I need to pull together some information to have a discussion about the revolving door lobbyists and the issue that is in our government. Public servants don't get the money while working in their government job, they get it when they leave and when they get paid 4-10x their government salaries just because of the influence they bring with them.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
