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sethnintendo on 08 June 2013
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Kasz216 said:
BaldrSkies said:
Cut the base pay of politicians down to that of your average high school teacher.

That way you only get those who truly want to serve the people into the positions.

and only the rich ones.  Which, while there are actually a lot of poorer people who get elected to congress.

Well them and people who love kickbacks and bribery and now have a new reason for it.

Well, and people like Harry Reid who specifically write legislation to greatly inflate the value of their investments.

 

Well i guess my point is... pretty much nobody joins congress for the good pay... as there are tons of better ways to make money using congress.

How about limit amount of money that can be spent on campaigns?  So much money is wasted in USA just to get elected.  Also, I believe campaign and prescription drug ads should be banned from advertising.  All the money wasted in USA on campaigns could be used to feed and house the homeless, rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, provide healthcare to all, etc...  We literally waste billions if not trillions on campaign funding that usually results in shitty politicians that do nothing for the country.