jlevnhv t1_iy84ibz wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:40 PM

You know what would help? If we had a full-time CT Legislature.

I believe one Rep State Senator also moonlights for Eversource, and one of the Dems' full-time job is with the state unions.

As long as these people literally work for the companies and organizations they are supposed to legislate, they will have an innate conflict of interest.

And as long as being a state senator keeps you impoverished, you will inherently be motivated to take political jobs.

gatogrande t1_iy8spvu wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Hard fuking no...politics was never intended to be a profession, it must be made up of people versed in their own careers to best understand the issues of the people they represent. Suckling at the public teet merely breeds unethicality as evidenced in DC every damn day

WhittlingDan t1_iya3fw0 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 9:41 PM

Except being part time makes it very difficult for anyone other than the wealthy to have the time to get involved in politics. Part time is done intentionally so that it makes it harder for working class and poor to hold a position.