Well put. One preliminary step that will be necessary will be the elimination of the cash infusion from leftist rich a-holes. Old age attrition will take care of some of this.
American politicians will NEVER say no to money.
That is part of the problem. If we set the salary at a million dollars a year, with no donations allowed, we would be better off and we would all save money in the end.
Politicians get rich off of the donors. That should stop.
One thing that gives me hope is that the Libs are doing their post-game analysis and are finding that they had to outspend Republicans by 5:1 or more for each of these House seat flips.
To quote one of their favorite words, that is unsustainable. If Paul Ryan had any interest in actually winning he could have upped the funding to GOP candidates marginally and bled them dry.