Poll:
Just 25 Percent Think Their Own Member Of Congress Deserves Reelection
It looks like people don't want to re-elect the same politicians; but are they ready for politicians who actually work towards a better country? The truth is that the majority of the body politic, the people, are too weak to want to term limits. That is why the same people will inevitably serve; why a dynastic family, like the Bush family will allow for someone who is relatively incompetent to become president based on family status as opposed to demonstrated ability.
But the President is restricted to terms. In the case of congress, we need a great deal more will because we need a state constitutional convention. Why do people act like this is such a big deal? The reason is that they are too weak to want term limits.
Term limits mean that politicians are not beholden to their constituency. It means that at some point, many of the politicians would be lame duck politicians. It means that policies would be passed without deference to the special interest that put people in office. The very rich would lose their strangle hold of money and the very poor would lose their stranglehold of numbers. The rich would pay more taxes, the poor would lose their benefits. But perhaps the budget would be balanced. Perhaps difficult long term issues, like the war with china, the aging population, the near inevitability of a catastrophic event that could end human life on the planet could all be addressed. What might this mean for the future of the country?
I believe that the country would benefit, that it would be worthwhile to have a congress that would govern instead of pandering. That is the benefit of term limits. I think it is worth the experiment. What would the congressional reform act look like. You can see it now in the book below, but if you wait you will see it here again. The state constitutional convention is set out previously but will be discussed in more detail in the second edition.
It looks like people don't want to re-elect the same politicians; but are they ready for politicians who actually work towards a better country? The truth is that the majority of the body politic, the people, are too weak to want to term limits. That is why the same people will inevitably serve; why a dynastic family, like the Bush family will allow for someone who is relatively incompetent to become president based on family status as opposed to demonstrated ability.
But the President is restricted to terms. In the case of congress, we need a great deal more will because we need a state constitutional convention. Why do people act like this is such a big deal? The reason is that they are too weak to want term limits.
Term limits mean that politicians are not beholden to their constituency. It means that at some point, many of the politicians would be lame duck politicians. It means that policies would be passed without deference to the special interest that put people in office. The very rich would lose their strangle hold of money and the very poor would lose their stranglehold of numbers. The rich would pay more taxes, the poor would lose their benefits. But perhaps the budget would be balanced. Perhaps difficult long term issues, like the war with china, the aging population, the near inevitability of a catastrophic event that could end human life on the planet could all be addressed. What might this mean for the future of the country?
I believe that the country would benefit, that it would be worthwhile to have a congress that would govern instead of pandering. That is the benefit of term limits. I think it is worth the experiment. What would the congressional reform act look like. You can see it now in the book below, but if you wait you will see it here again. The state constitutional convention is set out previously but will be discussed in more detail in the second edition.
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