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First I took issue with with your idea that Congressional elected service should be treated like some sort of job and not as a privelidge and stewardship and responsibility.
1. Carere politicians usualy = bad government
Then I took issue with your pragmatic idea that spending taxpayers money in washington should be a sit down and get it done no matter what compromises must be made sit in timeout type simple issue well that combined with even people of your ilk should understand toned post (Hence Kettle ref)
2. Congress not using power of the purse / Gridlock = prefered by me usualy opposed to the sloppy hand of government unleashed when they do
And finally I make the case that when Idealistic fiscal & religious conservatives layed out the contract with America most of the <<<stand alone legislation>>> related to getting spending and congresses own house in order as you claim to want to achieve was torpedoed roundly by Democrats with help from a large the lets not rock the boat and keep the gravy flowing Republican contingent.
No variants or fixes to these sweeping proposals have since dared been offered. Most Socialists and progressives were out motherfvcking their "Contract on America" which would have made it far harder to spend like a drunken sailor and add pork riders on bills...
3. Many still sitting in Congress voted down these self restrictive reforms those that proposed them had big bucks thrown against them. You go in trying to reform the beast and it will try and eat you for breakfast.
I would like to think better of this new congress and what they say they want to do but many of them were there then and were hardly constructive or onboard with this type of reform. They might say they are there to clean house but all I see is the same warmed over socialist BS no real reform just shifting power pushing an agenda and rewriting the rules to ensure their continued rule.
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