.@GarettJones says US Congress should have longer terms, as they pick worse policy just before election. I agree.
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Seems to me the key gain is to move voters from prospective to retrospective voting. Instead of picking people who share their views, fire people associated with past bad outcomes.
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Another angle: Yes voters are bosses, but bosses shouldn't micromanage. If you bother to hire someone to do stuff, you should hope they many known things you don't, & give them some space to prove that to you. Later, if outcomes look bad, fire them.
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Repeal the 17th?
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Lifetime appointments to the Supremes are a big success and not at all controversial or looming anti-democratic crises.
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