[Aria]

We need another party...a non-profit org. or something. The current system no longer works because it relies on integrity and the only integrity I see in D.C. is Trump. We need TERM LIMITS!

How is it on such salaries - 170k/year they become multi-millionaires? Just about every last one of them. And they work their butts off to keep these jobs.

The joke is on us when we choose one of the two candidates the uniparty has put on the ballot. I’d rather vote for my dog than one of the corrupt bastards the R’s or the D’s offers us. But of course we’re always stuck with the lesser of 2 evils...thanks to the rotten to the core 2 parties who run our lives.

[Lurkinanloomin]

We HAVE term limits. They are called primaries.
The voters of VA-7 showed everyone how to do it in 2014 when we removed the weasel Eric Cantor.

[TomGuy]

How is it on such salaries - 170k/year they become multi-millionaires? Just about every last one of them. And they work their butts off to keep these jobs.

Even more revealing is the recent Georgia district election. The Dem spend around $30 MILLION for a US House seat that has a salary of $174k/year.

The pols in DC clean up with the perks. Decades ago, they EACH got over $1 Million in various perks -- from drapes to aides. My SWAG is that number is probably closer to $10 million today.

[Yaelle]

Maybe better than term limits:

Like the Swiss, make those who serve in Congress keep their day jobs, pay only their travel costs to D.C. And small remuneration for time spent away from their day jobs. Have them remain in their districts full time and do teleconferencing for a lot of their work, and have them get all together a total of a couple months of the year.

[Starboard]

And they work their butts off to keep these jobs.

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Actually, they LIE their butts off to keep their jobs.