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Originally Posted by suptoofs
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This is something we can agree on to an extent.
Purging the current and replacing with randoms will not solve anything. This country needs to ensure current members of congress and their families are banned from trading stock. Lobbying/money need removed entirely, too much influence from powerful companies/corporations/associations. Citizens united decision was the apex of bad decisions.
Term limits in theory sound alright, but I am not 100% sold on this. On its own it does not work.
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35 of them beat the market. There are 535 members of Congress.
CU was required by prior precedent in Buckley v. Valeo and reaffirmed in McCutcheon v. FEC. It's time to put down this talking point.