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Platapus · 01-21-14, 05:32 PM

I don't see how having "amateur" members of congress will automatically be an improvement.

If a congresscritter knows he or she only has short time in office, what is to prevent them from just doing what will benefit them in the short term and then leave the problems to the next "amateur"?

It is not the length of the term/terms that is the problem. The problem is the person.

01-21-14, 05:32 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I don't see how having "amateur" members of congress will automatically be an improvement. If a congresscritter knows he or she only has short time in office, what is to prevent them from just doing what will benefit them in the short term and then leave the problems to the next "amateur"? It is not the length of the term/terms that is the problem. The problem is the person. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.