This is somewhat insightful but flawed. All members of Congress are paid $174,000 per year and receive a LIFETIME pension for serving only one term in Congress.
The lifetime pension should be done away with and the only thing that should be substituted are enticements similar to what the military offer: cancellation of student loan debt, one year’s pay upon vacating membership, mandatory hireback provisions for members that left an employed position and so on.
The goal is to get members out of the mindset that they are set for life, that they feel compelled to stay in Congress because the perks are so good, etc.
Not ONE government employee other than military personnel should ever receive a lifetime pension for bureaucratic paper pushing.