“If legislation is advanced to help restore trust in government and ensure that those in power are held to the highest ethical standards, then I am proud to support it"
That’s probably the only way to move things forward though. Implement rules that only affect future politicians. Let the current generation have their cake. We can gradually transition to something more sane as they get replaced.
She’s fucking 85. It’s not like it will fuck up her retirement plan or something.
It wouldn’t have changed her retirement plans when she blocked the last attempt several years ago
That’s probably the only way to move things forward though. Implement rules that only affect future politicians. Let the current generation have their cake. We can gradually transition to something more sane as they get replaced.
I loathe agreeing with that, but when a political system is so self-serving, that’s the only way.