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JD Vance went on the view and got absolutely torn to shreds by middle-aged women
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It's funny, not funny how much these people (the vast majority of politicians on both sides) have forgotten that. And that's because money rules. Until it is no longer lucrative to be in politics nothing will change. Reduce the financial wins of becoming a politician and the people gravitating towards that career will change.
And maybe that's a little harsh, some of them probably started out with good intentions to fix something local to them or their community, but power corrupts all. (power = money here). Reduce the money, and reduce the functional lifetime appointments (term limits) things would get better.
Term limits give lobbyists more power and increase the effectiveness of money in politics.
Term limits will also make the last term of a lawmaker unanswerable in any way to voters so they can sell out. For executive positions they make sense as executives can rig the game and create patronage networks that keep them in office indefinitely. For legislatures it's a horrible idea that will make things worse.
Sell out assuming the fist part isn't fixed (taking the non salary money out making it illegal for it to be lucrative