Originally posted by VOR
Mav, I think you were referring to my post so I'll reply.
I don't mean a reduction in pay, I mean a reduction in .gov jobs and more importantly programs across the board. It's not so simple you can sum it up in one sentence and I'm not referring to elected seats. See my sig.
Yep it was your post I was referring to. Thanks fro clarifying the situation.
My thought on it is similar to some others in that term limits are long overdue. Two terms should be enough, no more lifetime careers like kennedy. It works for the executive branch.
I don't know how you can get a handle on govt. jobs and more importantly, pork, without getting a handle on those that pump the pork into the govt. operations. I really don't have an idea how a politician can be held accountable.
I'd like to see a couple things right away. Pay level held except after a full election approval for a raise by the voters. Congress should not be able to raise their own pay. Secondly they lose the pension. They can deal with social security and will only be concerned to maintain it when it's going to be paying them like it does other folks.