“Term limits would be a help. Also the elimination of pensions and any other lifetime benefits.”
Two excellent ideas.
Term limits puts a bullet on the time a lobbyist has to buy a politician
KILL their pensions. They get pensions almost as good as a CEO of a big company, and they are vested almost immediately.
Term limits would not stop “investors” from buying legislators, but it would raise the cost and (so to speak) require holding a new auction every four years or so.
I always assume someone owns our town council and county commissioners candidates. The trick is figuring out who, so I can decide whether they’re likely to vote as I’d prefer.