Oh for parity sake!

[Antisthenes]

Sad and oh so true.  Nihilism and sociopathy seem to be the leading qualities for a career as a steward of the people. Proving the maxim that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Humans and the power to hold sway seem to be a volatile mix. I have no answers other than to stand at the side of the fan once they begin tossing their BS at it.

I have a solution, but no idea how to implement it. The simplest solution is "no more career politicians in government". Term limits on Congress (president already has them), and allow congress to meet a maximum of 3 months per calendar year, the balance of the year to be spent at their real jobs so that they are still up on developments in their jobs when their end of their second term expires. Thereafter barred from seeking political office, and no lifetime pensions or perks for former government officials - once your second term is done, you're done with governing or being paid NOT to govern.

An end to professional lobbying. Not reform, not oversight, an END to it. Prison terms for even the attempt.

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Brilliant plan. I can find zero fault in any of it, anywhere.
I have often pondered just that and I absolutely LOVE it. Politics should not be a career.
It attracts narcissists and greedheads. The problem is the one of "how". Congress is always happy to vote themselves a raise yet never votes for their term limits. The rub lies in the fact that the convicts are running the prison. Your plan will never work because the gatekeepers are those within it's confines. Now if you can create a plan for prying the crypt open and removing the corpses so we can exterminate and begin again? I am in. Short of a bloody revolution, I can't see how we get it done. But, thank you. It's fun snd enervating to imagine a functioning body politic.