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<blockquote data-quote="LarryBird" data-source="post: 4099678" data-attributes="member: 76548">The staffers are the ones that truly run <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />. The elected officials, while they have the final say, are basically only a rubber stamp in most instances. They surely don&#039;t write the bills, and they usually don&#039;t even read them either. They&#039;re basically as good as the staff and counsel they&#039;ve put in place, and I&#039;d venture to guess they&#039;re taken advantage of a fair bit when it comes right down to it. Many of them just don&#039;t care about the details, outside of what committees they can get on, and what time their reservations are for the latest DC power spot.Sad but true.So many of them go to Washington with the best of intentions, only to get corrupted by the chase for power and prestige. That&#039;s why I truly believe limiting their time there would make a huge difference.If it didn&#039;t, what&#039;s the worst thing that could happen? We have a govt that functions like <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> and fails to get things accomplished? We go back to the old way and drop the single term limit? Sounds like we&#039;d be back where we started either way, so I&#039;m 100% willing to take that chance......getting them to vote to put them in place would be the hard part. It&#039;d have to be a public referendum, because there&#039;s absolutely zero chance they&#039;re voting against their personal career interests.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LarryBird, post: 4099678, member: 76548"] The staffers are the ones that truly run :censored:. The elected officials, while they have the final say, are basically only a rubber stamp in most instances. They surely don't write the bills, and they usually don't even read them either. They're basically as good as the staff and counsel they've put in place, and I'd venture to guess they're taken advantage of a fair bit when it comes right down to it. Many of them just don't care about the details, outside of what committees they can get on, and what time their reservations are for the latest DC power spot. Sad but true. So many of them go to Washington with the best of intentions, only to get corrupted by the chase for power and prestige. That's why I truly believe limiting their time there would make a huge difference. If it didn't, what's the worst thing that could happen? We have a govt that functions like :censored: and fails to get things accomplished? We go back to the old way and drop the single term limit? Sounds like we'd be back where we started either way, so I'm 100% willing to take that chance... ...getting them to vote to put them in place would be the hard part. It'd have to be a public referendum, because there's absolutely zero chance they're voting against their personal career interests. [/QUOTE]

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