This is a certain indication that government has become way too complicated. IF an informed elected official cannot make a right and wrong decision with a support staff to do the leg work, then things are out of whack something seriously. There is absolutely no reason an individual would need any kind of government experience in order to serve as a Congressman.
IF an informed elected official cannot make a right and wrong decision with a support staff to do the leg work, then things are out of whack something seriously.
You bet they are out of whack. There are way to many staffers and not enough informed legislators, which is why things are out of whack.
You haven’t heard my opinion on the subject. One secretary, one chief of staff is the allowable staff for elected representatives.
All bills before congress, one page or less, written and read by all elected representatives, not staff. Staff duties are strictly constituent related, not legislation related in any way.
If the above were adhered to, I would not have a big issue with additional staff, but to put staffers in the legislative arena, is responsible for much of the out of whack system that exists today, JMHO.
The may seem extreme, but young, minds full of mush, leftists, responsible for the laws I am to live by, is not what the founders had in mind