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Revoke Government Benefits for Public Servants that abuse the Public Trust

Why Is This Idea Important?: The law would act as an incentive to serve the public interest versus personal gain.

The problem with our Federal Government today is we can no longer trust our representatives to act responsibly with accountability regardless of party affiliation. My proposal would be to revoke any and all future government benefits for public representatives that are found guilty in court of law for accepting bribes and / or quid pro quo arrangements that are struck for personal gain. We currently do this in many other sectors of employ such as law enforcement and military service. I see no reason why elected officials should be treated any differently.

Submitted by dos_centavos 2 years ago

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  1. heyjudedotname said:

    There is no GOOD reason for Public Servants to keep their Benefits after being convicted of a crime.

    It is past time that our Representatives start living in the "real world" with the rest of us.

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  2. merveilleux24 said:

    It should be in proportion to the crime, but yes. Good idea.

    2 years ago
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  3. antoinette_lasalle said:

    This is a great idea, but it's something that would need to be enacted by the Congress. Contact your senators/representatives about it.

    2 years ago
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