"The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic"

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from Lucrum:

Job posting for US congressmen:

*Only experienced applicants need apply
*Must have committed at least one felony, however neither a conviction or time served are required
*Must have at least five years of taking bribes
*Must have at least three years of mis allocating campaign funds
*Law degree preferred but not required
*Minimum six years of lying with straight face on camera (no exceptions)
*Must have lied under oath at least 12 times (documentation required)
*Must have cheated on at least 3 federal and 1 state tax returns
*Must have cheated on spouse no less than 5 times
*Teleprompter reading and photo texting skills a must

Naked tweets a "plus".

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Scataphagos:

I wish we WOULD institutionalize "inexperience".

Congress should consider and enact that which is "best for the country"... all that's needed for that is die-hard for support of the US Constitution and a bit of common sense.

The inexperienced would be less capable of enacting those.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Ricter:

The inexperienced would be less capable of enacting those.

A common misconception and silly argument among the pro big government/status quo imbeciles.

 

[Ricter]

I want to reduce the rate of employee theft in my company. I'm going to limit their employment to five years, so they can't steal as much. My turnover, training, and inexperience-error costs rise, but I will have less theft!

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Ricter:

I want to reduce the rate of employee theft in my company. I'm going to limit their employment to five years, so they can't steal as much. My turnover, training, and inexperience-error costs rise, but I will have less theft!

It's awful early in the day to be hitting the rye whiskey.
Give your liver a break.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from Ricter:

I want to reduce the rate of employee theft in my company. I'm going to limit their employment to five years, so they can't steal as much. My turnover, training, and inexperience-error costs rise, but I will have less theft!

Come on, man. It's not even close to the same thing. The longer a politician is in place, the more they can wrap their tendrils around all sorts of things. If lobbyists and cronies know a politician has only 4 years before being replaced, they are less likely to make risky deals/bribes, etc.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Tsing Tao:

Come on, man. It's not even close to the same thing. The longer a politician is in place, the more they can wrap their tendrils around all sorts of things. If lobbyists and cronies know a politician has only 4 years before being replaced, they are less likely to make risky deals/bribes, etc.

You're trying to limit the bad behavior of fervent self interest, which typically becomes manifest in money, with the crude tool of a time limit; which limit also applies to the good behavior of fervent public interest. Cap their net worth for a time and you remove the incentive for the former interest and leave unaffected the incentive for the latter interest.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from Ricter:

You're trying to limit the bad behavior of fervent self interest, which typically becomes manifest in money, with the crude tool of a time limit; which limit also applies to the good behavior of fervent public interest. Cap their net worth for a time and you remove the incentive for the former interest and leave unaffected the incentive for the latter interest.

I think capping net worth is a great idea. But again, time limit IS relevant in political appointments, because if it is known that there is no limit, people rush to influence the new "king", and all of the corruption that goes with it. Rather than just saying "well, we only have him for four years".

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Tsing Tao:

I think capping net worth is a great idea. But again, time limit IS relevant in political appointments, because if it is known that there is no limit, people rush to influence the new "king", and all of the corruption that goes with it. Rather than just saying "well, we only have him for four years".

Personally I think "we only have him for four years" itself creates the rush. But as long as we're not talking about limits so short as four or eight years then I could be persuaded to accept the limits AND a net-worth cap. As for that latter cap, I think it should apply for a goodly period after they leave office, too, for obvious reasons.

 

[Lucrum]

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