AL,

I respect and share your disgust at the system, but I am not convinced that the proposed solutions would accomplish much, even if it could be implemented, which is doubtful.

For one, I will be 70 years old in little more than a month, and I am a hell of a lot more capable than the majority of the twenty- and thirty-somethings I see on TV interviews. Term limits might be helpful if they could be applied uniforml;y, but that would take a Constitutional amendment. The most enticing idea is to make legislators eat the same damned dog food they peddle to the rest of us. How to achieve that goal is a mystery. More transparency might help with the elements of corruption, but shutting down investments for spouses is likely unconstitutional. I wish I had better answers.

The last best hope is to simply reduce the size and scale of the federal government, which might reduce the opportunities for corruption. DOGE was killed off way too early.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM <olmsteaj@erols.com> wrote:

A couple suggestions to add to your excellent "a few New Rules for election of legislators" list:
- term limits of 4 terms for the House and 2 terms for the Senate
- the same social security and health care options we the people have
- government housing provided in the DC area to reduce one of the financial incentives for homesteading
- not providing lifetime full retirement salary until age 65 after serving honorably at least 6 years

V/R
John Olmstead

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Subject: [Helobubbas] Re: All this political chat from former RotorHeads

I think I have it all figured out!

For the last 25-40 years depending on your view point, our Legislative Branch of Government is suffering from a group personality I've decided to call "abdication by decidophobia."

In the last 20 years this "disease" has spread to senior leadership in many, if not most, departments of our government.

In the last 5 years the "We the People," mentioned in early American documents, sensed something was wrong and voted for change but our combined focus was on the wrong Branch Of Government.

We collectively split the vote of 2 poor choices without understanding that the original disease of lame legislative houses was continuing to decline and had created a fertile soil for a great statesmen or a tyrannical nut job to dig in like an invasive species. Where are the great Statesmen or Women of this country?

We never had a chance and won't get anywhere positive until Senators and Congressional Representatives bedridden with this dreaded disease of "abdication by decidophobia." are removed and replaced with "newer models".

So what did I figure out? We need a few New Rules for election of legislators, Mandatory retirement at age 70 and term limits of 4 terms for the House and 3 terms for the Senate.

Feel free to pile on with critique, offer smart ass remarks or even add in some New Rules like no NEW Stock Market involvement of any kind while in office.

Happy Holidays to all unrestricted aviators and their families, and may the New Year revert this email group back to issues where we are actually Professors Emerita.

W/r, AL

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