[–] PGLiterati2 ago
Yes, I recall. It is very hard, one might even say impossible to write law to prevent corruption. I was so angry last week I was thinking that they should go back to not being paid, and serving only one term. I really liked that idea for about an hour, and then it occurred to me that with zero accountability (no threat of a re-election loss) they would have even greater potential for mis-use of power than they do now--which is why, as my mother always argued, the vote is the term limit. Now I know that they usually are re-elected, power entrenched remains entrenched. So, I went back and looked at this proposed Utah law--they set a pretty high bar. 25% of the voting constituency would have to sign a petition demanding their recall. And now, at least for the moment, I am thinking this might be the best solution. A lot of bogus congressional members were voted in in 2018--candidates like Ilhan Omar who clearly (along with AOC) and many others, appear to be puppets. I am liking this idea more and more.