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Friday, October 25, 2013

Congress as an 8 year old-the need for term limits

Is there a way to launch the congressional reform amendment movement in the near future.
The goals are to place term limit on congress consistent with the number of terms of congressmen serving in the first 25 congresses (averaged) so that we will achieve a congress consistent with that envisioned by the founding fathers when people only lived to be 35 years old on average.
It is possible the term may be extended for 1 year depending on the number of terms.  In this way, at least a portion of the congress will not have to pander to the constituency and can govern.
Other provisions limiting the benefits of congress are set out in earlier blogs and can be found at the end of the book below.
Another element is to apply proactively where possible and retroactively where not the ideas of short term, medium term and long term intelligence to congressional action, also set out in the book below.
Otherwise, we have situations where congress acts like children.
I thought for a time perhaps we should allow congress to pick certain members for continued service, but they may serve if so desired in different functions and do as much as within some safe bubble they would need to manipulate the rest of congress to secure.
And then there is the argument that a congress free from the need to pander, would rule of self interest, but doesn't that just require we hire men of integrity?  And those who rule in the lame duck sessions (without hope of re-election) will know that they will be returning to those places where they will have to face their constituents without the protection of their office.

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