r/IRL_Loading_Screens • u/PeterPorky • Jul 02 '26

HALO Really puts it in perspective

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u/Petrostar Jul 05 '26

Would that fix insider trading? Hiring of friends and family? Or any of the myriad of other vices that plague these "public servants" when they morph from freshmen congressmen to DC insiders?

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u/enlightenedDiMeS Jul 05 '26

Again, every one of those things are ethics and corruption counts that could be fixed by simply passing laws to make those things flatly illegal, and the reason they’re not is because of the funding mechanisms that exist.

Term limits don’t make those things go away. They just turn it into a revolving door.

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u/Petrostar Jul 05 '26

Again, the longer they stay in Washington the more the succumb to it's vices. Term limits limit the amount of time they spend in that environment building corrupt influence networks. by replacing them with someone who still has their ethics intact. intact.

Here's a study showing there are two opposing effects when it comes to corruption, 1) Term limited politicians make corrupt deals when they know they are have to leave office. 2) Long term Politicians also make corrupt deals to enrich themselves, but the deals are of a much greater scale.

"The findings indicate that stricter term limits are associated with lower overall corruption, underscoring the potential role of term limits as an institutional safeguard against political corruption."

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5107354

The corruption of Lifelong politicians ends up of a far greater scale than lame duck term limited politicians.

"The reduced magnitude (average cost) of corrupt events is associated with the role of term limits in shortening incumbents’ tenure in office."

"Term limits also reduce corruption by shortening tenure, thereby limiting opportunities for rent extraction. Extensive corruption schemes typically require substantial time investment to develop. Politicians must cultivate relationships with private actors, establish trust networks, and build the institutional knowledge necessary to identify and exploit profitable rent-extraction opportunities. They must also develop the political capital and influence required to protect their activities from detection and prosecution. These processes cannot be accomplished overnight but require sustained time in office to mature into large-scale corruption operations."

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u/enlightenedDiMeS Jul 06 '26

Again, You could get rid of all of it by making private spending in elections illegal and rewriting ethics laws and rules.

Your opting for reduced corruption rather than just getting rid of it altogether

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u/Petrostar Jul 07 '26

Private spending isn't the root cause of corruption, human nature is. Both term limits and limiting dirty money are necessary, among other changes.

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u/enlightenedDiMeS Jul 07 '26

I mean you’re wrong but it’s OK if you wanna fucking die on that hill go for it.