The answer is term limits, imposed by the voters not by law.
There is a lot wrong with the current system and most of the individual ills seem to reinforce each other.
With over half the population getting some sort of benefit from government it’s going to be hard to turn the bastards out, but that’s the answer. And it’s got to start at the primary level where the voters have the chance to change representation but keep the party affiliation.
The answer is so simple, and so close at hand. I think maybe a few more of the entrenched politicos will fall this next go ‘round.
The solution will be to find a way to finance and support those who are qualified and would be willing to take on the incumbent.
Congress people should not get retirement benefits paid for by the tax payers. Let them take money from their own bloated pay checks and put it into a retirement account.
Isn't a politician supposed to be "serving" the people? And isn't it supposed to be a temporary thing?-Not a lifetime career? They have way, way, too many perks.
Any pay raise they get should have to be approved by the voters first.
Most of all they should NEVER EVER be able to exempt themselves from legislation.
Their medical and dental benefits should be temporary-Only for while they serve in office, and the cost needs to be deducted from their pay, just like the the rest of us.
They should not be able to benefit personally while they are serving as a representative. Just a few thoughts(not that the problem will ever be fixed)
These egotistical, elitist politicians are far more annoying than the spoiled rotten Hollywood crowd. At least the "stars" earn their own money.
The idiots in Washington are nothing more than a bunch of glorified Welfare Queens living off the people's money and screaming for more-even worse- They do this while looking down their noses at us- who pay their overblown salaries and outrageous benefits.