I assume that most of my readers lean toward the conservative end of the political spectrum so I will write this post with that with that in mind.
Take a minute and think of two or three nominally-conservative politicians who you feel have betrayed the cause in the last thirty years or so.
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It is likely that many of you will have names like Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney, George Bush, Lindsay Graham will be on your list.
If I pressed "Why did you pick him?" your answer would likely be some form of "He didn't serve us. He was a tool of the (Military Industrial Complex, Vampire Venture Funds, Deep State).
Consider that if our representatives and senators are replaced frequently, the only sources of institutional-knowledge will be the Military Industrial Complex, the Vampire Venture Funds and the Deep State. Every politician will be a Bush or Romney or Graham.
And while many assume that a long-time, D.C. politician sold their soul to the devil, does it make sense to abandon the battlefield out of the desire to posture your purity?
It probably takes ten years for a politician to develop his own sources of information. It takes ten years to establish his credibility (or whether his are a screw-ball). After ten years, an R can call a D who is running a committee and actually get them to answer the phone or to return the phone call. And vice versa. A D can call the R and pour out the pain that certain legislation will cause unless it is softened or modified.
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Consider that the US is the SECOND LEAST REPRESENTED NATION ON EARTH. If we were to restore the US House to a size that would give everyone American the level of representation we STARTED WITH...we would have to increase the size of the House from 435 to 11,400 members. Don't you think we'd end up with lots of great folks with that level of representation?
ReplyDeleteCalifornia has term limits and nothing changed from my perspective. We found the actual legislative power is in the staff and the permanent bureaucracy, not the puppets on the podium 'voting' on laws.
ReplyDeleteI am against term limits, I am for restoring the reasons term limits were irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteI.e. originally there was no salary there was a per diem while in session and in attendance.
No pension, no life long insurance etc.
Being a representative is to serve your community not a career.
Close the doors to graft and bribery and suddenly the people who run will be people who care. Provide a dorm pay a modest per diem, don’t fund 30 person staffs and advisors….terms will limit themselves.
There is more I could elaborate on, but I am on a phone and this is more than enough typing.
I think Senator Rand Paul sums up my opinion of having any hope for Congress. He talks the talk, but when it came time to make a stand, he voted "yay" on amnesty for illegal aliens. I've never looked back. His actions since have continually proved my opinion of him.
ReplyDeleteAll of them . . are the same. The only benefit of those being Democrat, is at least you know they hate this country, while Republicans, wrap themselves in the flag and talk about god, then stab you in the back with their treachery.
The scope of term limits needs to include staff or we gain nothing and even make it worse. Roger
ReplyDeleteWould term limits have kept a senile delinquent like President Vegetable out of office? If so there must be a case for them.
ReplyDeleteJoe how pray tell would these you mentioned:
ReplyDelete"Consider that if our representatives and senators are replaced frequently, the only sources of institutional-knowledge will be the Military Industrial Complex, the Vampire Venture Funds and the Deep State. "
Fail to corrupt the politicians with the same tools that created as dearieme said "Would term limits have kept a senile delinquent like President Vegetable out of office?"
Biden wasn't the problem just the FACE PERSON Of the Problem of the deep state.
My thoughts are that voters have the say. If they’re happy with a 3rd, 4th, 18th term, so be it. If not, show them the door.
ReplyDeleteNow the money, that’s another story. We need donation and campaign spending limits.