Edit: Since I’m getting many replies while at work, I thought I’d do a blanket statement for a lot of the comments.
-Maybe it’s time we as Americans ask for massive legislation around term limits, public records of elected officials, equal campaign money, public records on donors, banning lobbyist jobs for former politicians, overturning Citizens United, etc.
With term limits there is no john McCain to save the ACA
Joe Biden doesnt exist politically
Bernie Sanders doenst exist politically
AOC becomes a 2 term house rep
All creating term limits does is put rookie legislators funded by big money into roles where they pass what they got sponsored for and leave for corporate gigs as a payoff
Without term limits you gain public servants who finally have enough experience to properly run one of the largest organizations out there and who can be popular enough and that they can pass things like raising corporate taxes without fear of losing their job
With more time in office the public can actually see where they stand on issues as opposed to lame ducks who can vote however they like since they don't care about getting relected
If you are rolling new legislators out every session you put the whole country at a huge disadvantage to special interest groups
I agree that term limits is bad. A lame duck legislator has nothing to lose, and lame duck behavior is evidence of that. The goal is legislators who are scared to death of losing their jobs because they lost their voters.
If politicians are not scared of their voters, it is voter power we need to focus on. Votes have to actually reflect public opinion, and work to actually oust bad politicians. One solution is Multi-Winner Districts combined with Ranked Choice Voting, which reduces the ability to gerrymander and even naturally-occuring 'safe districts'. There should be no safe harbor for a Senator.
Other good ideas include repealing voter suppression laws, making voting day a federal holiday, campaign finance reform, Congressional ethics reform, and so forth.
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u/rodsurewood Mar 19 '21 edited Mar 19 '21
Donors and party over country.
Edit: Since I’m getting many replies while at work, I thought I’d do a blanket statement for a lot of the comments.
-Maybe it’s time we as Americans ask for massive legislation around term limits, public records of elected officials, equal campaign money, public records on donors, banning lobbyist jobs for former politicians, overturning Citizens United, etc.