***What about the unelected and unaccountable staffers that run Congress?***
I happen to agree whole-heartedly with your concern.
Here’s another stupid rule: No staffer should be paid more than minimum wage and be required to leave their position at the end of the sponsor/legislator’s term. No staffer may be hired unless they can pass a Constitutional competency exam.
And where in the Constitution is it the authority of the Government to control how much money a person can make or what qualification that have to be employeed?
You do realize that a lot of “staffers” work gratis because they are paid by outside agencies, don’t you? They aren’t on any Congressman’s payroll, they just step in to troubleshoot and to guide legislation through.
And if a Congressman is term limited, he will line his pockets after he leaves office by becoming one of those freelancers guiding new and inexperienced Congressmen through the system.
The best way to clean up Congress is re-elect those Congressmen who are doing a good job and remove from office those that are not.
Holding Congress accountable by election brings power back to the voter. Anything else just shifts power to the unelected, unaccountable parasites that already infest the system.