Excellent post by Donald Bly from over at Flopping Aces, I agree with all of these. While I knew Congress had a sweet pension deal, I never stopped to compare it to a Combat Tour, that our Armed Forces have to do.Once done they are sent home and discharged, if they are not making a life long commitment to the service. At best they get a job well done and help with College at worst if they survive and come home in one piece they get the knowledge that they did their duty. You may argue that they volunteered for service and to counter that I say so do our elected officials.
1. No elected official may hold consecutive terms. (in regards to congress)
This would certainly do a lot to eliminate the power of incumbency and would not limit the number of terms that an qualified individual could be elected to an office. They’d simply have to return to their respective districts and live under the laws that they have enacted. They could run for office again the next election cycle. The idea here is to eliminate the career politician and reduce the amount of corruption that our current system seems to have fostered. It would hopefully end the era of elected nobility
2. No elected official may accept a campaign contribution of any kind while in office. (in regards to congress) Read the full article at Flopping Aces
