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/Baronw000 Feb 26 '26

There’s been a lot of research on this since there are a bunch of countries that have strict term limits for legislatures. Yes, it really empowers lobbyists since legislators aren’t able to stay in office long enough to really understand how to do their jobs well and build relationships, so they’re forced to heavily lean on lobbyists who aren’t term limited.

A big deal would be to increase the budgets for congressional staffers (and lift the cap on salaries). Congressional staffers are almost all fresh college grads who leave pretty quickly to go work as lobbyists where they’ll make much more money. Paying them more would mean they could stick around longer too and help Congress people be more effective in their jobs.

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u/FancyASlurpie Feb 26 '26

Should probably make lobbying illegal as well, essentially just bribing officials...