RickWA
Snagglesooth
Me too. And far, FAR fewer “lifers”. What is this BS about making an entire CAREER in politics? How about representatives who can actually relate to citizens by virtue of their being former insurance agents, school teachers, physicians, engineers, etc? I have always opposed term limits, but I now favor them. Term limits that limit eligibility ACROSS elected government branches and agencies. You simply age out rather than shuttling from the House to the Senate. If our citizens are too stupid to see to it (and, apparently, we are) then systemic institutionalized boundaries should be laid.Early on some of our wisest forefathers warned us about this two party bullshit. I think they were right. I would like to see more independent thinkers in Congress instead of party lackeys.
It won’t happen, because the entrenched forbid it. So…we just keep voting for whichever uninspiring, alsoran sloth we prefer and enjoy the decline. Me and mine are doing fine. I hate for that to be the measure of my investment though.