5-year minimum prison sentence for elected officials convicted of insider trading. Elected officials shouldn't be paid at all. Build an apartment building for them to use when Congress is in session, and that's all they get.
Elected officials shouldn't be paid at all. Build an apartment building for them to use when Congress is in session, and that's all they get.
This is a terrible idea. They should be paid well.
if you don't pay them, you're making it so that the only people that can afford to run for office are already rich. You're not going to get an AOC into office.
When an important job isn't paid, they'll find ways to monetize their job outside of official channels (ie corruption). SAme reason why sports refs should be well paid. less likely to take a bribe.
AOC? I'm sure the founding fathers had her mind when they wrote the constitution. A marxist with nothing between her ears. She would have an OF if she wasn't in Congress.
I want financiallly responsible and successful people with good management experience. Maybe not a Marxist whose only professional experience is bartending.
I disagree. All they would need to do is pay for their own transportation and food, and if they can't do that, they shouldn't be in office anyway. Congress was never intended to be a full-time job. This was even discussed by Madison. Rich people are already in politics, and if they aren't wealthy when they get there, they are when they leave. Bernie Sanders has three houses and a few LLCs.
Just transport alone could easily run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars a year based on how much Congress people have to fly from their home state to the capital. That's not including all the out of country travel for diplomatic or trade purposes.
Exactly. It would force Congress to meet once or twice a year, and you wouldn't need full-time staffers or any of the bloat. The government should never be a profession.
I disagree. Most governance should be done at the local and state levels. The federal governments role should be very small (national defense, currency, diplomatic relations, etc.). The original model would work now as well as 200 years ago. We don't need federal laws for everything. It's redundant and creates conflict.
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u/Ramble_On_79 5d ago
5-year minimum prison sentence for elected officials convicted of insider trading. Elected officials shouldn't be paid at all. Build an apartment building for them to use when Congress is in session, and that's all they get.