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In reply to the discussion: Obama Levels Cheap Shot At Unions - Again [View all]A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)I have said for years that our Representatives and Senators should stay home and only go to Washington DC a few times a year for ceremonial events. There is no longer a need for them to be away from their constituents watchful eyes. Make them work from their home town offices and I guarantee that the local paper or radio station will have it on the 6:00 O'Clock news when a lobbyist or anyone else meets with them. Let them use local people for staff and not professional politicians. Millions could be saved not having to pay for their housing, food, and transportation.
Let them vote over the internet or by phone and is there a reason a vote has to be done in an hour? Let it take a week or a couple of days. And stop wasting time naming post offices, that should be a local issue.
Let the President live in the White House and hold down the fort, let the rest of them face the voters on a daily basis.