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Abraham, I am an idealist. I hope you are wrong. Ted Cruz for example- I hope he doesn't turn. Like Star Wars, the darkside tends to take over. Or they quit, like Jim Demint. Somewhere there must be an honest man/woman that just cares about this country.

Several points. If we take away the gravy train salary and benefit package then only the rich can run for office and we would have an aristocracy, like the Kennedy clan and the Rockefeller clan. DC is an expensive place to live and maintain an abode and still maintain a home back home. So I don't deny them a salary. The retirement perks are too great now, I agree. I also believe that if we had term limits and elected honest good people ( Jimmy Stewart in Mr Smith goes to Washington type) they would vote for the good of the country and not for the hacks and industry that slips them the big bucks. Right now the day your congressman completes his first day in office he is soliciting for the next election. The people we have now are not there for the country, they are there for their own power. Why do we need term limits? Could anyone see this country surviving Mr. Obama for one more term? I rest my case. Does anyone want to keep Harry Reed? I rest my case. Sure we have some good ones but what I consider the bad ones stay in power forever. Rangel stll there right. What about Sheila what's her name from Houston area? We just can't get these people out by elections. What more proof do I need to provide. I know I am naive with the Jimmy Stewart stuff but the problem is that the crooks ( like Rangel) just keep getting elected.

Basically the question should be, do you want more government or less government? Do you want more ridiculous laws or less laws? Think about it. Originally the concept was that people served part time in the congress and went back to their real jobs, much like the Texas legislature which meets every two years. When you have career politicians, what do they do? They pass laws, many of them sound good on paper but in reality are nightmares, like Obamacare, like assault rifle bans, etc. If you believe in a conservative view of government perhaps we should take more of the libertarian view that the sole purpose of government is to provide a military to protect us from foreign invasion, provide a banking and currency system and perhaps not a lot more. Right now we concentrate on "gun control" in this group, adding more stupid laws to the tons of other stupid laws out there. Don't forget, CHL was the reversal of previous law banning conceal carry- passed by the legislature. I think we should lean to less governmnet, fewer laws, end career politicians existence and let them return to a real job instead of vegetating and controlling our lives for example like Harry Reed does. Might as well be a dictator. So, I support term limits, less government, fewer laws especially those that make progressives feel good but take away my constitutional rights (Ms Feinstein are you reading this?)