Senator John Kennedy froze and then properly zoned out—forcing Fox to cut the interview short.

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    3 months ago

    running should only be allowed at an age less than that of retirement, and at federal minimum wage. want to fix issues for working class and elderly? Fix them while you’re in office while you are becoming too old to run again. Get the fucking zombies out of DC.

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      3 months ago

      the minnimum wage thing only means that the people that go up for the job are the corrupt bastards cutting favors and deals.

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            3 months ago

            Or … an example is made out of the corrupt ones, and laws change to ensure things improve.

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              3 months ago

              Yes. We should have anti-corruption laws being reliably forced, and have anti-corruption laws strengthened.

              that won’t happen if all the good ones leave because they can’t afford to live in DC.

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      3 months ago

      They should have term limits. Funny how they gave the president term limits but didn’t vote on ones for themselves.

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        They also vote on work requirements for things like health care benefits and then clock a zero hour day at their own fucking jobs.

        Congress should have to work a standard forty hour work week to receive benefits and make time off requests like the rest of us.

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        I see this a lot but until you can get rid of money in politics all this policy does is shift power to lobbyists who are even less accountable, because they become the keepers of long-tenured institutional knowledge.