People have been saying get the money out of politics for as long as there's been a such thing as money and politics. I just don't see it happening. Best we can do is limit the pigs time at the trough.
You are absolutely spot on about fundraising. I've actually talked to ex-politicians and regardless of party or philosophy the honest ones will all tell you the same thing. Once you get there whatever you campaigned on doesn't matter anymore. The higher-up basically say you raise this much money for the party and you vote this way on these items or you don't get funding for your reelection.
Strict term limits would eliminate those "senior members" and let average Joe congressman promote his ideas without that consequence.
Hell, I just read some news article the other day talking about some congressman that died who'd been in office for 60 fucking years. That's insane. That guy's never done anything but suck tit and beg for money and they were extolling him as some great "servant of the public".
It's pure stupidity.
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