they should setup a system where votes by proxy are passed to immediate family members, and then companies can bribe them to vote yay or nay. it's a perfect system which would be indistinguishable from the current one. *or they can setup some sort of ip holding scenario, where ai trained chatbot is sold around to the highest bidder, so it wouldn't be so aristocratic-looking

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Legitimately Congress/Parliament is maybe the only job that shouldn't have the ability to be done remotely.

You have to be there every day, every vote. You have to sit there through the fucking filibuster and you have to take notes. The maximum permissible number of days off should be locked to the minimum federal legal requirement for paid sick days. You miss a vote and you're out of sick days, congratulations! Snap election you're not eligible to run in.

The most powerful job in the country should also be the least lenient. If you're unable to do the job, you should be ineligible to run for or sit in office.

I wish all Congress critters a very 4 years and counting SSI/SSDI application process.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You miss a vote and you're out of sick days, congratulations! Snap election you're not eligible to run in.

Please, this is far too lenient, they should also get life imprisonment and all their assets seized.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Congresspeople claim to work 70-80 hour work weeks, but they're doing that CEO bullshit where they count things like personal phone calls, sitting at home on their couch while forcing a staffer to work, and time where they're in spaces that are accessible to the public. Senior level staff actually do work 70-80 hours during legislative sessions, which is where they're getting that number.

Congresspeople typically only work 3-4 days a week when they're in session and only work about 150 days per year. They also have no actual obligation to show up for floor votes and can just have a staffer submit their vote by proxy. The only reason that Daylights Savings Time bill passed in the Senate by unanimous consent in 2022 is because the majority of senators were not present during the vote.

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I remember when the governor before Arnie was all "but I just started" during the recall. I was like "OK? If you love job stability so much maybe you should have worked to make that a thing for your constituents."

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

wasn't governor before arnie fucked by enron? *or did enron dramamentary mislead me

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

Now that I read up on it, yes. He also took their money, so still fuck him.