https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-8bc6051c20adc1bc212cdd8be2578624 “change the tax code to ensure billionaires “pay their fair share,” eliminate the flow of hidden sources of money into political campaigns, establish 18-year term limits for members of the Supreme Court and ban members of Congress from trading stocks” I doubt there is any interest in DC in measures to address the national crisis of corruption and inequity but I appreciate Biden raising the issue. #uspolitics
@Lyle It's not out of corruption or disinterest in inequity that these measures haven't been adopted, but rather they have been discussed for generations and found to be problematic if not outright counterproductive.
Sometimes such measures can even promote corruption, insulating powerful people from accountability, particularly democratic accountability.
These are bad ideas, but Biden has never been particularly insightful so it's no surprise that he would glom onto them.
