JP171 wrote:equin wrote:I do like the latter part of the petition's proposal seeking more transparency in a politician's financial stake. I know there are already measures in place under the ethical rules for politicians to abide by, though.
Even so, I don't mind if our leaders in Congress, the Executive and the Judicial Branch earn a decent salary. After all, CEO's and other corporate officers earn high salaries for making the tough decisions they need to make for multi-million dollar companies. I want the best, smartest, talented, dedicated and hardworking people to do the same for our country's sake.
You're not going to find that talent and drive unless they're compensated well. You'll also be able to keep them more HONEST, not less, if you compensate them well. Otherwise, you'll find those who will be more likely to abuse their authority in the form of bribery and corruption if they're not compensated well. That is how it was with Spain when it was once a global power. Mexico and many of the other Latin American countries followed Spain's model and are now suffering the consequences with rampant corruption and bribery. That is not what I want for our country.
With that said, however, I think adding a few extra provisions to the Constitution may make the politically necessary decisions more fair and transparent:
1. TERM LIMITS for all, not just the President. Congress and the Judiciary, including the lower courts, should have their service limited, but not so much that we would then suffer from inexperience. Their needs to be a balance, and the limits should be staggered.
2. RECALL members of Congress. There is no mechanism to recall or "impeach" a member of Congress by their representatives. Such a provision would have to have some protections, though, so as not to abuse the recall/impeach by political foes, such as an overwhelming majority (2/3, 3/4?) vote to do so.
Really?? the you slight all Military Persons that died for your right to spew stuff.
Congress should be housed in barracks, fed and paid on the same schedule the Military is. there are available rooms right over the road in Quantico that would be just grand for them. the bad checks that are covered, the staff and so on and so forth should go away. there is no reason that Congress cretins get paid the ammount they get for the work they do, go back to a stipend to cover losses and get rid on the free healthcare for them and families go to the same healthcare military members get make them pay for it just like the soldiers do. as far as being honest that isn't going to happen because they know there is no accountability to anyone. oh yea they might get voted out of office, hmm so what, many congress cretins are long term people. term limit, yes 2 terms then yer gone fer good. no re-do's ever. no pension ever. judges should always be subject to recall by the people not like the supreme court, they are there till they die or quit because as we know impeachment isn't anykind of real threat look at Mr WJ Clinton, he was impeached and was guilty as sin, but yep he walked right on out without anything not even a by your leave, found not guilty even though his lie was blatant and recorded on every news network in the world. BAH!!! just get rid of all of em and start overfrom the top down
I'm sorry, I've considered politics, but even I'm not going to do it for Military pay, barracks or food. I grew up with that....did it for 18 years, not doing it again. I'll stick with researching my new business. (so, now how many others you going to lose?)
