However, 99% of what Perry want to accomplis woith Congressional reform could be done with TERM LIMITS..I'd much rather see him propose that..
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is expected to be with there with Gov. Perry during this roll out.
I disagree. One of the major reasons Texas is in such good financial shape is because our legislature meets every two years for a limited amount of time. This gives them a very limited amount of time to steal everything that is not tied down. The media and the public are focused on the legislature when they are in session. Hyper focused. If they were in session all the time eventually people would be complacent.
The senators and state reps are forced to keep their butts in their districts. They do not end up living in Austin all the time and because of that there is no full time political culture in Austin. The pay is fairly low so many in the legislature work other jobs. This is a good thing.
Perry is on target with this idea. There is no reason for congress to be in session all the time. There is no reason for the huge support structure they have to be there all the time.
I think we should go a step farther and make it illegal for any member of Congress to accept money or anything else of value from anyone but someone legally registered to vote for them. This is true constituent representation. No more would a congressman from Texas be kissing the Florida citrus growers ass, for example, so they could raise moey and pass bills for such a special interest group who has absolutely nothing with Texas. This would mean there would be no more lobbyists, no more inside trading, no more donations from anyone but someone who could vote for the Senator or Representative. This would make all congressional elections local as they should be where the congress critter is forced to deal with his voters and his voters only.
We need some drastic measures in this country and this idea by Perry is fantastic. We in Texas already know it would work.