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re: These senators are old AF.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:05 am to mattchewbocca
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:05 am to mattchewbocca
How many old biddies and farts does Californian have in Congress? It is no wonder California has turned to crap.
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Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:06 am to RollTide4Ever
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Senators can't have a real job and be in office. That's why Rand had to drop his medical practice. I would repeal this.
That is dumb....too much potential for conflict of interest and that is a job you can't do part time
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:08 am to Gaston
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They all look like muppet characters. This cannot be good for our country. Can we get some talent in there?
Faustian deals all around.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:14 am to Gaston
Pathetic is an understatement. The same people that have destroyed the US for over a quarter of a century are still our overloads.
#TermLimits
#TermLimits
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:16 am to Gaston
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They all look like muppet characters. This cannot be good for our country. Can we get some talent in there?
All of American leadership at the fed level is as old as frick and ruining our country.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:19 am to Hester Carries
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But we have the worst of both worlds. Old fricks whos only experience is politics.
Exactly. I don't mind having some grey hair in there if it didn't turn grey while they were sucking on the tit.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:19 am to Hester Carries
quote:term limits is really the only answer
Old senators is only bad when the are old AND career politicians.
Young, smart people should be out in the world making money or having careers.
Politicians, in theory, should be people that have already spent a life being successful and gaining experience and wisdom.
But we have the worst of both worlds. Old fricks whos only experience is politics.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:29 am to RollTide4Ever
quote:i would not. Public service was meant for people to give up their careers for hat single term, maybe 2 and serve the public. THEN go back to where they live and get back into their career.
Senators can't have a real job and be in office. That's why Rand had to drop his medical practice. I would repeal this.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:36 am to CarRamrod
Could we raise the minimum age to be in Congress? Would that help at all?
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:41 am to SlapahoeTribe
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Yep...
Did that poor girl suffer a head injury?
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:41 am to Gaston
Agree. I’d really like to hear a round table of the founders and what their thoughts would be on the current political situation especially on the career politicians.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:44 am to CrownTownHalo
I have worked for Orrin Hatch and he is an awesome guy - BUT I know for a fact his last year in the senate he had noticeable dementia. I was visiting with him and he kept asking the same question over and over again. Notice you don't see him at any functions I'm afraid he's faded fast. Apparently Nancy is in a similar boat
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:45 am to Gaston
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They all look like muppet characters. This cannot be good for our country. Can we get some talent in there?
What do you mean by talent? I'm sure AOC has a talent in something, just nothing I would want in someone tasked to lead the country.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:46 am to 14&Counting
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That is dumb....too much potential for conflict of interest and that is a job you can't do part time
There is already a conflict of interest, they shouldn't be allowed to have any income from other sources if they are in Congress, and for a period of time after. (maybe that's too restrictive, but many of these guys DO have business interests and investments all over the place).
Most cities have unpaid or part-time mayors, with a full-time city manager. These guys have big jobs for no pay, and yeah... they are almost always tied to development firms.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:47 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Hard to tell your employer that you are going to be in Congress for a few years then go back to real work
Lol what? Who wouldn’t want to hire someone back that had all of those connections?
This post was edited on 10/13/20 at 10:48 am
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:49 am to concrete_tiger
the old people on both sides do what they are told. elect new people and they might not follow the party lines and do crazy things like vote for the interests of their constituents and not follow what chuck and mitch want
Posted on 10/13/20 at 10:50 am to concrete_tiger
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There is already a conflict of interest, they shouldn't be allowed to have any income from other sources if they are in Congress, and for a period of time after. (maybe that's too restrictive, but many of these guys DO have business interests and investments all over the place).
They can have income but I believe it is bifurcated into a blind trust with third party administrators.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 9:44 pm to 14&Counting
I disagree, if senators were too busy with real jobs then they wouldn't have time to scheme, etc.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 9:58 pm to Bass Tiger
The average incumbent has 5x the war chest of any challenger. Off the bat. That’s without campaigning/fundraising.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 9:59 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Hard to tell your employer that you are going to be in Congress for a few years then go back to real work. That's why most of them are lawyers, old retired people, or idiots that couldn't get a real job.
That’s why it’s called “serving your country”
It’s a sacrifice
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