jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 months ago73-Year-Old Republican Senator Disassociates in Middle of Interviewnewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThey should have term limits. Funny how they gave the president term limits but didn’t vote on ones for themselves.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoThey also vote on work requirements for things like health care benefits and then clock a zero hour day at their own fucking jobs. Congress should have to work a standard forty hour work week to receive benefits and make time off requests like the rest of us.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI guess if we elect a bunch of socialist Democrats, we could get term limits for them too.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI mean. Yes. Everyone. Everyone and every project should have a sunset date / limit.
minus-squaresvtdragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI see this a lot but until you can get rid of money in politics all this policy does is shift power to lobbyists who are even less accountable, because they become the keepers of long-tenured institutional knowledge.
They should have term limits. Funny how they gave the president term limits but didn’t vote on ones for themselves.
They also vote on work requirements for things like health care benefits and then clock a zero hour day at their own fucking jobs.
Congress should have to work a standard forty hour work week to receive benefits and make time off requests like the rest of us.
“funny” :)
I guess if we elect a bunch of socialist Democrats, we could get term limits for them too.
I mean. Yes. Everyone. Everyone and every project should have a sunset date / limit.
I see this a lot but until you can get rid of money in politics all this policy does is shift power to lobbyists who are even less accountable, because they become the keepers of long-tenured institutional knowledge.