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Ungoal posted:I would cap the salaries of congress at $75k a year, period (and term limits). If you're working for the public sector and "representing" the people, then you shouldn't be living a hugely luxurious lifestyle. Seriously, you're entire loving job is writing laws & imposing them on the public, most of which are attached with pork filled bullshit. Can you spot why this is a terrible idea? It give enormous leverage to the members that are already independently wealthy (Former businessmen and industry types). They can wait out the impasse. Those who actually live on their salary can't (Former civil rights lawyers, activists, etc.). Especially because every member has to have two homes. Whatever the problems with American Democracy, representative pay really isn't one of them. MoraleHazard posted:USA: Term limits for all politicians. Two terms or 10 years, whichever is shorter, and that's a lifetime max for a particular legislature. Term limits, in my opinion, would lower the power of lobbyists because the most they'll have someone is a decade and that's likely effectively only 2-3 years in a leadership position.  Lobbyists love term limits and sometimes actively campaign for them. Being a representative is a job like any other. It takes time to acquire knowledge, it takes time to acquire skills, it takes time to get a staff that have both, and it takes time to build up your own power base. The less time you have in office, the more likely you are to have to turn to lobbyists for these things. In legislatures with term limits, they almost always know more about the process than the elected officials. That was my effortpost for the day.
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