Should Congress members be chosen at random much like Jury Duty (see details)?

I forgot to mention you in the original post:
COL Mikel J. Burroughs PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas LTC Kevin B. CAPT Kevin B. PO1 Andrew Gardiner

Term limits for a representatives and senators are something I would like to see. I also would like laws congress makes for the citizens of the country should not exempt the members of congress. I believe senators should have a two term limit and representatives should have a 3 term limit. I would also like to see all of the current retirement benefits of all members of congress eliminated, and federal employees retirement system initiated instead.

That's an interesting thought. On the surface, sounds like a great concept, but the potential candidates would have to be prescreened for undesirable attributes; e.g., convicted felon, low IQ (Forest Gump), no desire.

Hmmm. Tempting. Very tempting. This would save a lot of time, money, and agony, and I doubt we would get any worse than what we've been getting.

Assuming that they are screened by voir dire like jury members, that might be a reasonable solution. If the public agrees to the process.

term limits for all elected officials like I have said all along get rid of the fat cats and officials who look like they belong in a retirement home or jail cell. 8 years for all and not retro active if you have served more that 8 get the hell out of DC.

If humans are involved, corruption is just a matter of time. Having seen and worked with juries throughout my career in law enforcement, they are not always selected based upon their individual or collective high IQs!!!

Up until 1913, US senators were elected by the the state legislatures. Then it was realized that the senators did not have the best interest of the people at heart. They were serving the interests of the state politicians that elected them, and for a six year term at that and not answerable to the people . Compared the representatives with a two year term elected by the people.

No, because in theory we want the best we can get. The problem is "homesteading". Term limits need to be set so only two terms can be served. Health care needs to be "Tricare", and retirement needs to be payments into Social Security - just like the rest of us.

You have got to be kidding. I did jury duty twice, about 100 people showed up for four juries of 12 people. Who showed up? Felons, drug addicts, illegal aliens and some quality people, out of 100 folks they barely got the 52 perspective jurors and alternate jurors they needed. Then the DA office and defense attorneys interviewed these 52 and got rid of two more with preconceived opinions of guilt or innocence. If we were stupid enough to select politicians like this who would do the interviews? Corrupt government officials? Yup back to the drawing board with this idea, think on it for a full five minutes I am sure you can get a better idea.