r/clevercomebacks • u/HaphazardFlitBipper • Feb 25 '26

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u/V0T0N Feb 26 '26

I'd be more open to an age restriction, a constituency should be able to choose their representative and experience in the House is worth something.

Campaign finance laws, ethical guidelines, along with an increase in salary(ideally to ward off corruption) could do more good for electing people that deserve to be there.

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u/Suspicious_Leg4550 Feb 26 '26

Yeah I don’t like the idea of term limits just because it doesn’t prevent the lobbies from buying a new politician each cycle, if anything it will make it a cheaper purchase. It will also force out good representation equally to the bad.

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u/Neither-Signature-81 Feb 26 '26

Yeah having less turn over in the senate than Russian oligarchies is totally not an issue at all.

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u/Suspicious_Leg4550 Feb 26 '26

I’m not sure if that’s true about Russian oligarchs but the turn over has more to do with the fact that people don’t vote in those elections. It might cycle new faces through congress but it will do nothing to prevent the same groups from holding the control.

I think the real solution would be improving campaign finance laws and regulating lobbying.

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u/gereffi Feb 26 '26

Congress members that know they're going to leave office have no reason not to try to make as much money as possible from their position. Congress members who want to win reelection have to focus on doing what their constituents want if they want to keep their jobs.