Members of Congress are eligible for a lifetime pension at age 62 and having served at least five years in office. Elected at 56 and serve three House terms? Pension!

Let's do this: pensions are invalidated if your register as a lobbyist or sit on a corporate board.
I personally think it should be illegal for any Member of Congress or senior government official to later register as a lobbyist or sit on a corporate board, but let's start there. Let's remove taxpayer-funded pensions from greedy former Members who are bilking the system.
In fact, I'll go further: Members of Congress are eligible for a pension only for as long as they take another civil servant job--say, teaching at a public university--and must be means tested. If they refuse, they forfeit their pension.
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