Absolutely. No career politicians. None.
In addition, federal employees / bureaucrats need to have a limitation on the number of years they can work in government (maybe 20, tops), and the minute they accept a position with political implications, or are implicated in using their job in a political manner (e.g. Lois Lerner) they should lose their job protections against political reprisal.
You have to abolish civil service tenure. Also abolish government pensions, and let them just have SS and 401K like the rest of us. Allow execs to control spending by laying off entire departments.
If I had my way, federal civil service employees would be sworn in for a 3 or 4 year enlistment just like the military. If their performance didn’t meet standards, they would not be allowed to re-enlist. Also, no unions would be allowed for federal employees.
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“Term limits. Single term only. The terms 2 and 4 years are about right. 6 years for Senators would be about right if the 17th Amendment were to be repealed.”
Absolutely. No career politicians. None.
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Would need a FEW more things to go along with that. Even a 2T/4Y would leave richer than they came in:
- NO lobbyists. PERIOD. No time/property can be given to anyone in/running for office that cannot vote (no PACs, no unions, etc.)
- Open limit to donations, from their State/district (U.S. for Prez), but immediate filings of whom/amount. ANY failure to do so = immediate dismisal, termination of any/all benefits, fines of 20x of donation (pegged to inflation) and 6mo. felony time per violation.
- All payments to elected/staff should come from their State/district, not the Treasury (includes per diem, benefits, etc.)
- Restoration of ‘Equal Under the Law’ aka *NO* exemptions; no ‘legal’ insider-trading, etc.
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In addition, federal employees / bureaucrats need to have a limitation on the number of years they can work in government (maybe 20, tops), and the minute they accept a position with political implications, or are implicated in using their job in a political manner (e.g. Lois Lerner) they should lose their job protections against political reprisal.
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Here, IMO, we’d need a public commission/judiciary. We’ve all seen, WAY too often, the ‘inability’ of govt to police its own, let alone CONVICT.
Like jury duty, the People will gather to judge/jury crimes against The People.
Sure we could have a lengthy thread, or two, of ‘additions’ to the solution.