So they get primaried. So they lose their primaries and the winners get elected. So what? The new guys get to DC and if they know not already they learn within hours what the “real world” looks like. They learn that if they play the game they will be wealthy with a high income for life, even if they lose their next elections. They learn that if they do not play the game they will be primaried by an opponent with unlimited campaign funds and their income depends entirely on their salary and their own efforts. You can count the number of current congressmen who have been thusly compromised by counting up the votes for Mr. Ryan to be Speaker.
In your post is the core of the reason I moved from Seattle, my home of 46 years, to a small hobby farm in south central KY. Well, it’s now 32 acres.
But yeah, I completely agree. And I’m relatively unaffected by all this stuff. I even cancelled all health insurance the day Obamacare went into effect. We love our life out here and are pretty much left alone by the FedGov...or the state and county governments for that matter. I don’t even need a building permit to build a house, though if I need a loan, the bank will probably require it. :-)
We love it out here. The freedom is almost tangible...
I would reserve judgment on Trump supporting this bill. It looks awfully bad but I learned to hold my fire with Trump. One doesn’t know what he is actually about. He doesn’t do things the same way Romney or Bush would do them.