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A lot of things SHOULD be, but aren't.  I've reconciled myself to that condition.

California's population is now growing at its slowest rate in more than a century. The California Department of Finance, which monitors the state's population data, found that from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020, California saw a net gain of only 21,200 new residents — a 0.05% growth rate not seen since 1900.Dec 16, 2020

Did we expect massive growth forever?  
Sounds like someone has the quarterly report to shareholders mindset to me.

Yeah, just gonna leave this here....

Why and how is this shit legal?

https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/nancy-pelosi-buys-tesla-calls-191017279.html?__twitter_impression=true

I'm sure Nance has done some stuff, but I'm not super clear how that exactly connects. 

She or her husband bought a bunch of stock for a super popular and valuable company. That stock just went on an insane heater, jumping just short of 40 percent in value in under a month. 

The article explains "The purchases by Pelosi are questionable as arguments could be made that the companies stand to benefit from new President Joe Biden’s agenda." 

Was that new? Was there something that after the Dec. 22 purchase made clear companies like Tesla were gonna benefit. Because if it's just "the new admin is gonna push electric cars" didn't we know that on election day and before? I assume down the road it could perhaps be troubling, but it doesn't seem like there's a strong correlation. 

I suppose the argument could be made that you just can't tinker with your stocks and such while in office, but that would of course really drive away people who earned enough to invest in a valuable way, which I assume some folks want. Granted, it makes a good headline and generates them clicks, so who am I to judge that?

Robinhood app completely shuts down buying of GameStop, AMC, and other stocks. Will only allow users to sell. Wow.

How is that not illegal massive market manipulation?

Robinhood is actively colluding with hedge funds to stop the bleeding and to try to bring those stock prices down so the shorts won’t get squeezed out of existence.

Robinhood app completely shuts down buying of GameStop, AMC, and other stocks. Will only allow users to sell. Wow.

How is that not illegal massive market manipulation?

Robinhood is actively colluding with hedge funds to stop the bleeding and to try to bring those stock prices down so the shorts won’t get squeezed out of existence.

I have mixed feelings here. There is a value to protecting people from buying highly overvalued stock.

It's a weird case. Because governing is to a degree a skill. And it takes some time to get OK at it. But when you're around long enough, certain rots set in.

I understand the appeal of term limits, but then you just had veteran staffers and lobbyists who get more ability to direct lost lawmakers (to a degree, it would be like only letting you employ engineers under 32. I assume that would be kinda a mess)

I don't disagree, but my guess is that for ethical new members of Congress, they steer clear of influential lobbyists at first.  And then, over time, after being inundated by them for years, pick the one(s) they deem as least awful and succumb to those. 

But it's just a guess.  It's probably both/all of the above.
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As for term limits, I think it's essential, but not short ones.  Make it 20 years or something...but these guys who hold their seat for 40+ years are garbage.  They "rep" stodgy districts with no growth and lazy voters.  It should not be a career...maybe a Congressional mentor program to get newbies up to speed more quickly could be a thing - but it'd be a private career to do that.  

Anyway, there's far too much of the representative telling their district what they should want and not enough of the district telling the representative to actually BE a representative.  Honestly, they should change the name of the job, because I don't see much actual representation at all.