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Will we ever get term limits on Congress and Senate?
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:23 pm
And how do we do it? How do we convince these power hungry pigs to pass it and give up their free bacon wrapped shrimp?
BTW, anyone who is against term limits is living in fantasy land.
BTW, anyone who is against term limits is living in fantasy land.
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Posted on 10/30/14 at 10:25 pm to bhtigerfan
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Will we ever get term limits on Congress and Senate?
Probably not, unless a Constitutional Convention is called, I think the only way for them to get passed would be for the House and Senate to pass a resolution for an amendment (my civics is a little rusty so feel free to correct if wrong). You think abunch of corrupt old farts (on both sides) will vote to end their gravy train?
Posted on 10/31/14 at 4:29 am to bhtigerfan
Term limits is not the panacea people think it is. California has term limits how's that working out? The term limit is called election time and the problem is voters keep re-electing the same clowns.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 4:44 am to bhtigerfan
I hope not. I am against term limits.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 6:21 am to bhtigerfan
It would require an article 5 convention (bypass congress). There is currently a move to call one to pass a balanced budget amendment.
On my phone and can't link but Google convention of the states and I think that will take you to the sight.
On my phone and can't link but Google convention of the states and I think that will take you to the sight.
This post was edited on 10/31/14 at 6:25 am
Posted on 10/31/14 at 8:46 am to bhtigerfan
We can only hope. Too bad we will never see an amendment to do away with the lifetime appointment of federal judges.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 8:54 am to bhtigerfan
Why? So Congress can be run exclusively by lobbiests while literally zero congressmen have any idea how anything works? If people like voting in those dumbasses over and over again, let them have them. What needs to be reformed is how campaigns are financed and what kinds of regulatory powers the government actually has. A federal government that only embodied the enumerated powers given to it by the Constitution would lack the kind of valuable influence that lobbiests and special interests come to Washington to buy.
If there's no influence to be bought, there's no reason to influence elections.
If there's no influence to be bought, there's no reason to influence elections.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 8:56 am to bhtigerfan
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Will we ever get term limits on Congress and Senate?
No. It would have to be passed by members of Congress, and they aren't giving up that gravy train to millions.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:04 am to bhtigerfan
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And how do we do it?
You do it at the voting booth.
Term limits will never happen if you're expecting Congress to do it. The gig is far too lucrative for them to put a limit on their cash grab.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:05 am to bhtigerfan
I'm not convinced term limits are the answer. However, the system is not working as designed in the late 1700s. Lots have changed then, and my guess is Washington et al did not envision a permanent political clas, a entire industry of lobbyists, etc. The congress our forefathers created was very much a working man's Congress (even if you define working man as rich plantation owner) i.e. people would go for a few years and then return to running whatever they ran before.
When you have a power structure tilted to those currently in power, money tilted the same waym, and politicians rewarded for "bringing home the bacon", this is what you get.
When you have a power structure tilted to those currently in power, money tilted the same waym, and politicians rewarded for "bringing home the bacon", this is what you get.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:42 am to bhtigerfan
Term limits doesn't do a damn thing but switch special interest money from one pol to another.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:44 am to bhtigerfan
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anyone who is against term limits is an elected official or paid off by one.
FIFY
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