
"We can't have really restrictive term limits on politicians, because they'll barely learn how to do their jobs well before having to give them up."
Uh, what?
Okay, let's say that we restrict, say, Representatives to three 2-year terms (total of six years), which somehow comes across as a terrible idea.
Look, if you can't learn how to do your job (show up, read legislation, vote on legislation, have three martini lunch, fuck off for rest of day) inside of a couple of weeks, you're doing something wrong. And half the fucking time, they don't even bother reading the legislation. "Oh, I'm a {insert party} and this is from {same party}. I'm for it." Or "Oh, I'm a {insert party} and this is from {other party}. I'm against it."
Yeah, yeah... if you're on one of the big committees, you actually have other shit to do.... ahahahahahaha... yeah, not so much. Pretty much boils down to "Same shit, different room."
Fuck that. They should no longer get to vote on their own raises either, for that matter. In fact, we should vote on whether they get pay raises or pay cuts.