re: #353 Locker

One of the problems is that the laws these professional politicians are enacting do not apply to them. Also they get filthy rich while in office (not that some weren’t filthy rich before they got into office). Plus they vote themselves raises and expense account increases while the economy is festering. They legislate what - two days a week? I think that, if they knew the laws they wrote would actually apply to them after they left office, they might be more pragmatic about it. They have ridiculous ‘retirement’ benefits after what could be an equally ridiculously short career. I understand that newbies could get eaten by lifetime lobbyists, but I feel that something must change, and changing the way they do business is integral.

I recognize I am using general statements. Just how I feel, yo. You do have some valid points also.