America's Biggest Problem

[Mark Elliott]

BTW - I am looking for a matching Democratic Party quote and will post it here when I find it.

Kevin McCarthy was elected to Congress to represent his district and govern, something he's not doing at all,

"McCarthy’s entire focus is on winning back the House in 2022"

Read it for yourself

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Give me a break. Winning an election is not the problem.

Coming up with bad ideas once they are in office is the problem.

[Matt]

BTW - I am looking for a matching Democratic Party quote and will post it here when I find it.

Kevin McCarthy was elected to Congress to represent his district and govern, something he's not doing at all,

"McCarthy’s entire focus is on winning back the House in 2022"

Read it for yourself

Did you sleep through the last four years? The last year?

[Mark Elliott]

BTW - I am looking for a matching Democratic Party quote and will post it here when I find it.

Kevin McCarthy was elected to Congress to represent his district and govern, something he's not doing at all,

"McCarthy’s entire focus is on winning back the House in 2022"

Read it for yourself

Did you sleep through the last four years? The last year?

I'm sorry, I should have waited to find a Democratic equivalent quote and posted them both. No, I haven't missed the last few years. And it's lasted longer than just a few years. We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

[Bryce]

We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

Term limits? 12 years for Senate and six for House?

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We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

Term limits? 12 years for Senate and six for House?

And then nobody knows what the hell they are doing and how to make laws and work with the bureaucracy and as soon as they really do or have any seniority they are out. Not to mention all of the acidic folks who would be elected speaker and majority leader because being loud and obnoxious would be the way to get into congress once no adults run anymore because the gig sucks. No thanks. Term limits weren’t built into it originally for a reason. The folks who wrote the constitution did not fear government service and many of them wore several hats over the course of their careers.

[km1125]

We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

Term limits? 12 years for Senate and six for House?

And then nobody knows what the hell they are doing and how to make laws and work with the bureaucracy and as soon as they really do or have any seniority they are out. Not to mention all of the acidic folks who would be elected speaker and majority leader because being loud and obnoxious would be the way to get into congress once no adults run anymore because the gig sucks. No thanks. Term limits weren’t built into it originally for a reason. The folks who wrote the constitution did not fear government service and many of them wore several hats over the course of their careers.

We didn't have term limits for the President and Vice President for over 175 years because the folks holding those offices probably figured that a) it wasn't a monarchy and b) two terms should be plenty. If we had that same common sense in the Congress, we wouldn't need them there either.

One big step might be GETTING RID OF THE BULK OF THE BUREAUCRACY!! Transfer most of those functions back to the States, except for what really needs to be done at the federal level. I'd posture that a good 50% of the problem could be eliminated and get many of these functions back 'closer to the people' so locally they can decide what's best for them.

[Robert Faygo]

We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

This times 1,000,000

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We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

Term limits? 12 years for Senate and six for House?

And then nobody knows what the hell they are doing and how to make laws and work with the bureaucracy and as soon as they really do or have any seniority they are out. Not to mention all of the acidic folks who would be elected speaker and majority leader because being loud and obnoxious would be the way to get into congress once no adults run anymore because the gig sucks. No thanks. Term limits weren’t built into it originally for a reason. The folks who wrote the constitution did not fear government service and many of them wore several hats over the course of their careers.

We didn't have term limits for the President and Vice President for over 175 years because the folks holding those offices probably figured that a) it wasn't a monarchy and b) two terms should be plenty. If we had that same common sense in the Congress, we wouldn't need them there either.

One big step might be GETTING RID OF THE BULK OF THE BUREAUCRACY!! Transfer most of those functions back to the States, except for what really needs to be done at the federal level. I'd posture that a good 50% of the problem could be eliminated and get many of these functions back 'closer to the people' so locally they can decide what's best for them.

Ding!

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

We are a country where the focus is on winning elections, not actually doing anything when you get there. I hate it.

Term limits? 12 years for Senate and six for House?

And then nobody knows what the hell they are doing and how to make laws and work with the bureaucracy and as soon as they really do or have any seniority they are out. Not to mention all of the acidic folks who would be elected speaker and majority leader because being loud and obnoxious would be the way to get into congress once no adults run anymore because the gig sucks. No thanks. Term limits weren’t built into it originally for a reason. The folks who wrote the constitution did not fear government service and many of them wore several hats over the course of their careers.

We didn't have term limits for the President and Vice President for over 175 years because the folks holding those offices probably figured that a) it wasn't a monarchy and b) two terms should be plenty. If we had that same common sense in the Congress, we wouldn't need them there either.

One big step might be GETTING RID OF THE BULK OF THE BUREAUCRACY!! Transfer most of those functions back to the States, except for what really needs to be done at the federal level. I'd posture that a good 50% of the problem could be eliminated and get many of these functions back 'closer to the people' so locally they can decide what's best for them.

You mean hand over power to SHIRKey and other dysfunctional state governments? I don't think so.

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Like Whitmer?

[km1125]

Yes, like Shirley and Whitmer!!

WE should not be burdening the rest of the country with our bad decisions, just as we should not be affected by theirs

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Yes, like Shirley and Whitmer!!

WE should not be burdening the rest of the country with our bad decisions, just as we should not be affected by theirs

Great. Now companies can comply with 50 different rules for things. Your costs just went through the roof.

[km1125]

Yes, like Shirley and Whitmer!!

WE should not be burdening the rest of the country with our bad decisions, just as we should not be affected by theirs

Great. Now companies can comply with 50 different rules for things. Your costs just went through the roof.

There's no reason we would end up with "50 different rules for things". No reason the states can't still collaborate where and when they need to when it makes sense, but also differ if it makes sense for their local conditions.

Let's just go with an easy one. State Sales Taxes. I'm sure it would make it MUCH easier on all the retail and online establishments if we just had the same "sales tax" across the whole country, but there are certain states who have held these taxes very low and others who have let them spiral out of control. Why force everyone to the same rate?

[Bryce]

Yes, like Shirley and Whitmer!!

WE should not be burdening the rest of the country with our bad decisions, just as we should not be affected by theirs

Great. Now companies can comply with 50 different rules for things. Your costs just went through the roof.

To me, that's the beautiful thing about our system of government. If I don't like the way the state I live in is governed, I am free to move to a state that I like. Just like the thousands of people that have left the states of California and New York because of their high taxation and over regulation.

Companies are free to decide not to do business in any state that has rules that will drive costs up. Much like Kroger, who decided to close stores in a city that demanded they give workers a four to five dollar per hour raise. They decided that didn't work for them. They closed the store.