As the bosses, We The People, would be the group who would decide pay increases. A business does not let employees give themselves raises, because it will never end.
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Salary should be the median salary in U.S. & a 2 year term limit.
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Vivek said, let those who have to vote on this be âgrandfatheredâ in. Perfect!
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10 years is FAR too long.
6 years should be the max in Congress.
4 years in Senate.
No lifelong insurance and pension. Pay a significant salary.
Absolutely NO special interest groups are allowed to contribute to the campaigns.
NO private meetings with special interest.
Must provide bullet-list of each bill they will vote on and allow citizens to vote online whether they want him/her to vote for it. Immediate checks and balances with the peopleâs will and their votes on the âledgerâ.
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There has been enough kicking the can. We truly need immediate change now.
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There should be a rule where any public servant is not allowed to Lobby for at least 10 years after their last year in office. We should honestly get rid of lobbying all together
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I fully support the idea of term limits for Senators and Representatives. A good example of term limits could be something like two 6-year terms for Senators and three 2-year terms for Representatives. This would allow elected officials to serve long enough to make meaningful contributions while preventing them from becoming entrenched in power. By ensuring a regular turnover of leadership, term limits would encourage fresh perspectives and reduce the influence of career politicians, fostering a government that better represents the evolving needs of the people.
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There should also be term limits for the appointed directors of government agencies.
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Iâd rather it be 8 years max like the presidency. Thereâs no reason for them to serve any longer. There should also be a measure added that prohibits them from doing 8 years in the house then 8 more years in the senate.
With the exception of the presidency (which every naturally borne US citizen should be allowed to run) they should not be allowed to run for more political offices on the federal level.
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I would like to add to this that heads of the Agencies. Such as FDA, CIA, NSA all should be selected by these people and held accountable to being elected by the people in some fashion. That is truly where the âdeep stateâ thrives. The long terms of the same cast of characters is just the foam on top we see.
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They should be given an option to retire at 65 and collect their social security check and Medicare just like the rest of us. This mitigates the age limit and sets them inline with the rest of Americans. They need to remember they work for we the people and as a servant to Americans they need to get out and retire and not die in a wheel chair of the floor.
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This is far and away the most important change that needs to be made if we want to break up the entrenched bureaucracy in our government. No more career politicians.
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Great idea even though I know itâll never happen.
How about the Warren Buffett solution?
âI could end the deficit in five minutes,â Buffett said. âYou just pass a law that says that any time thereâs a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.â His proposal, though delivered with a chuckle, carried an undeniable logic â by directly tying lawmakersâ political futures to the nationâs fiscal health, they would have a powerful incentive to rein in spending and balance the budget.
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I believe my policy idea have a bigger effect on the deep state and give us term limits more quickly.
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Great, but I think it would work better if there was a limit to being a politician at the federal level as a whole.
My solution is similar. 20 years max in the federal government, divided however you want. You could do it all as a representative, or 12 years in congress and 8 years as president. You could split your terms in Congress between the House and the Senate. But you wouldnât be able to go past 20 years.
The only exception would be being a Supreme Court Justice. That would require you to spend all 20 of your years in the Judiciary branch.
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Senate 1 term. House 2 terms. Can hold both jobs for 10yrs max.
Pay them more $$$ to incentivize them to want to do the job right.
Most important eliminate lobbying and consulting for 5 yrs after exit.
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Why should this be a permanent job. Public service does not equal career employment
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One 4-year term for all elected officials.
The word âreelectionâ needs to be removed from the political lexicon.
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How about eliminating private donations and lobbying all together? The only purpose they server is to buy elected positions. Force them all to campaign off of a âpotâ that is divided equally amongst the partyâs involved. No private funds, no donations, no lobbyingâŚ
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