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softaire 07-Oct-06, 21:38	Constitutional Term Limits Personally, I have a generally very low opinion of most of the Representatives and Senators in Washington. There are, of couse, exceptions on both sides of the aisle. As a group, however, they accomplish almost nothing beneficial and individually they seem in it only for personal gain. The two party system has simply become about getting power for the party, and the good of the country is the last thing on any bodys mind. I have thought for some time now that a possible solution to a lot of the problems might be "Term Limits" for any federal elected position... and the number of terms to become a term of ONE term. Thus, any person could run for any federal position, and win that position, ONCE. After that, the person could run for any OTHER federal elected position, and win that position, ONCE. I see it solving the problem of raising money for re-election, as there would be NO relection issue. There would be no pressure to raise money. There would be no ability to bribe or "influence" as EVERY elected offical would be a "lame-duck" in his position. There would be no "career" politicians and once in-office the person would do his best to be constructive in order to "leave a legacy". He gets the one chance and the one chance only. I say it gets back more toward the "founding fathers" idea that our representatives would be from us, the people, and they would "serve the country" and then return to their real jobs. It would eliminate the huge advantage set up for incumbants to retain power. It would eliminate the "senority" rules and the need to "play-the-game" to get anything accomplished in Washington because senority would not exist and the rules based on it would be meaningless. We might start selecting people from all walks of life based on their abilities and ideas rather than the money they have backing them. We would probably get honest people with good intentions rather than immoral, corrupt people trying to milk the system for their own advantage and building their kingdoms. Just wondering what any of you think about that idea. Do you have any suggestions? Politics as usual will destroy this country, if not all the West.
alexwilson 08-Oct-06, 05:54	My Representative is John Shimkus. He is the republican who was in charge of the page program. He also promised when he was elected to run no more than 5 terms. He is in violation of his term limit promise this term. What to do, what to do?
bobbynox 08-Oct-06, 06:28	I too agree with the proposition stated above, but unfortunately, it already exists. It is in the form of 'elections'. Each rep/sen/pres is allowed one term per election. It is the voter who is not doing their job. If more voters know the quality-job that their rep/sen/pres is doing, they may never vote for an incumbant again.
zorroloco 08-Oct-06, 08:07	the problem is simply that people who want power should never be allowed to actually be in power. i say leaders should be appointed by a computer program designed to find honest people who do not have any interest in leading the country. there could be a minimum educational requirement and iq level. service would be mandatory. we might restrict the pool by only allowing people who know how to play chess to be appointed....
softaire 08-Oct-06, 08:31	Jeff I was actually beginning to agree with some of your posts and have "hope" for you, but this makes no sense... I'm hoping you are being facetious and I just took it the wrong way.
zorroloco 20-Oct-06, 11:34	softie it was partially a joke...the part about a computer program to pick the folks is just silly. but, the first part was dead serious. anyone who wants power, in general, is not fit to wield power. they are in it for, you guessed it, the power. we need people who want to make things better...not people who like controlling others!

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