Term limits: yes! And we also need to pass laws regarding the lobbying system.
I have been dismayed that my generation has been blamed for so many things. I want to grab younger people by the collar and say, we DID vote for fiscal responsibility! We DID vote for smaller government, efficiency, better schools, etc. - but once in office, th…
Term limits: yes! And we also need to pass laws regarding the lobbying system.
I have been dismayed that my generation has been blamed for so many things. I want to grab younger people by the collar and say, we DID vote for fiscal responsibility! We DID vote for smaller government, efficiency, better schools, etc. - but once in office, the politicians had to bow to lobbyists in order to be reelected. Whole books have been written about the ways that the lobbying system has undermined the voters’ will. Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Food, and so on have destroyed so much of what was great about America. I sure hope we’ve hit bottom now and can start to claw it all back. (And maybe that’s where you will really shine, Peter!)
One lobbying fact that really got me is that lobbyists have security badges that get them into places in the U.S. Capitol that are denied to average citizens! This should be stopped.
I have long advocated that lobbying should only take place within a Congressman's district. Make lobbyists physically travel to all fifty states, and all 435 Congressional districts.
That way lobbyists are physically in the same playing field as Constituents.
Term limits: yes! And we also need to pass laws regarding the lobbying system.
I have been dismayed that my generation has been blamed for so many things. I want to grab younger people by the collar and say, we DID vote for fiscal responsibility! We DID vote for smaller government, efficiency, better schools, etc. - but once in office, the politicians had to bow to lobbyists in order to be reelected. Whole books have been written about the ways that the lobbying system has undermined the voters’ will. Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Food, and so on have destroyed so much of what was great about America. I sure hope we’ve hit bottom now and can start to claw it all back. (And maybe that’s where you will really shine, Peter!)
One lobbying fact that really got me is that lobbyists have security badges that get them into places in the U.S. Capitol that are denied to average citizens! This should be stopped.
I have long advocated that lobbying should only take place within a Congressman's district. Make lobbyists physically travel to all fifty states, and all 435 Congressional districts.
That way lobbyists are physically in the same playing field as Constituents.
Money talks. And opens doors.