Career Politicians: Are they a problem?

[Lily Adler]

Are career politicians a detriment to the federal government and should there be term limits or another solution to prevent them?

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

I dont think career politicians are the problem, per se. I think its the system. For House members, they get elected every two years. They essentially never stop campainging. Campainging takes money. So where do they get it? Look at how each party stonewalls the other on everything. Why? Because their constituets vote every two years and no one can afford going against their party. Its career suicide. So you have a black and white operation. The dems say this, the GOP has to do that. The only way anyone in Confress helps their districts/states is with earmarks that muck up the true intentions of bills.

Campaign Finance reform along with term extensions ( not limits, maybe those too) are drastically needed.

Just use Sandy Hook as an example. 90% of the country wanted 2nd ammendment reform after that tragedy and the NRA was still able to kill everything.

 

[Taarna]

Are career politicians a detriment to the federal government and should there be term limits or another solution to prevent them?

The problem is the amount of money given to politicians, who in turn offer political favors. Some of the like Clinton have their own foundations essentially offering legal speeches in exchange for some under the table stuff & earn marks. The moment a senator retires, they almost always become lobbyists.

Politicians represent their largest donors, not Jane and Joe average.

Therein lies the problem.

I am not for term limits, but I am for limits on campaign donations and very against any overseas money attempting to buy out American politics.

 

[Chance Jackson]

I dont think career politicians are the problem, per se. I think its the system. For House members, they get elected every two years. They essentially never stop campainging. Campainging takes money. So where do they get it? Look at how each party stonewalls the other on everything. Why? Because their constituets vote every two years and no one can afford going against their party. Its career suicide. So you have a black and white operation. The dems say this, the GOP has to do that. The only way anyone in Confress helps their districts/states is with earmarks that muck up the true intentions of bills.

Campaign Finance reform along with term extensions ( not limits, maybe those too) are drastically needed.

Just use Sandy Hook as an example. 90% of the country wanted 2nd ammendment reform after that tragedy and the NRA was still able to kill everything.

I have never been about term limits as that just increases the number of nooks in power, but I have never heard of or thought of term extensions but I'm sold

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

I think career politiians are only a problem to the same extent that any politicians are a problem.

Judgement, priorities, respect of the people they service. These are things that are just as true of a rookie as they are of an experienced public official.

In other words a politician can be both good and bad for their jurisdiction just as a career politician can be good and bad.

 

[Mysteryman]

To me, it depends on the politician.