This cuts across party lines.Do a few terms and let someone else take over.We need to eliminate the salaries,pensions,and benefits for our elected officials.Soon,older Americans will be getting their SS benefits reduced,but the ex-government officials will be living large,This is not right.
The argument about "recruiting qualified people",or "being competitive with the private sector" is hogwash.If there were anything to that argument,we would have an all-star government,instead of the malange of demogogues and pimps that current sit in congress.
Government service used to mean giving up some salary and benefits for job security(talking non-elected now).Anecdotally,I know a woman who serves on the local utility board,that pays $150/month.OK.But I Just found out that if she is elected for a second term,she gets health insurance for life.!
The transcript didn't show it, but Graham started his speech with a really funny ad lib. One of the other senators had said something about not getting to make this important vote very often, and he wanted to get it right. Graham said something about South Carolina senators living a long time, (Strom Thurmond), then Graham said he hoped to pick many, many other supreme court justices, and he told the other senators, "and I'm going to miss you guys."
Just wanted you to know Graham wasn't making a serious comment about staying too long in the senate.
well, it did show the ad lib, just not the full flavor of Graham's good humor.