#24 FOLLOW THE MONEY!

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Here are some of the ‘follow the money’ reasons why Congresspeople so fiercely oppose term limits.

Put very simply, it is because the job is extremely ‘cushy’, and cannot readily be matched elsewhere.

1. It offers a nice salary, about $160, 000/year, plus expenses, with guaranteeed annual increases.
2. It offers probably the best health benefits available, generously subsidized. (small co-pay)
3. It offers luxurious pension benefits, generously subsidized (long service gets near salary for life)
4. It offers opportunities for free vacations anywhere in the world, usually more than once/yr.
5. It offers the opportunity to be reelected indefinitely (99% + at last election, 2004).
6. It offers the opportunity to work (or not work) without supervision.
7. It provides a staff/budget to do the ‘work’, eg. meet constituents, write and read bills, help reelection, etc.
8. It provides the opportunity to wield ‘power’ (most important for the ego-driven)
9. It provides the option to hire family members at generous salaries.
10. It provides opportunities for the less scrupulous to become truly wealthy.

I believe this list leaves very little room for an incumbent to nobly claim he is being a ‘public servant’.

Don't you think this list alone more than justifies a Congressional Term Limits Amendment ?

I do! I'm Nelson Lee Walker, and I'm gonna keep pluggin' for Congressional Term Limits. Join me, wontcha?

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