Let’s start withholding Congressional salaries, because we can’t afford both aid to Ukraine and Israel while paying their salaries, as small a proportion as it might be. But we have to start somewhere. If states started paying Congressional salaries and made it easier to recall those in Congress not truly representing the people and/or accepting money from lobbyists and other outsiders, I bet they would dance to a different tune. Graft, blackmail, corruption is rampant in Congress. Start thorough background checks of a candidate and their family, including past and present sexual behaviors, jobs, social media, pornography involvement, bank accounts. I bet we would have less undesirable candidates. Term limits to 4 for the house and 2 for the Senate.
Let’s start withholding Congressional salaries, because we can’t afford both aid to Ukraine and Israel while paying their salaries, as small a proportion as it might be. But we have to start somewhere. If states started paying Congressional salaries and made it easier to recall those in Congress not truly representing the people and/or accepting money from lobbyists and other outsiders, I bet they would dance to a different tune. Graft, blackmail, corruption is rampant in Congress. Start thorough background checks of a candidate and their family, including past and present sexual behaviors, jobs, social media, pornography involvement, bank accounts. I bet we would have less undesirable candidates. Term limits to 4 for the house and 2 for the Senate.