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please list the advantages of term limits
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:18 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:18 am
since our democracy votes people in, please give me your opinion on the advantages of term limits.
This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 11:19 am
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Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:20 am to oldcharlie8
IMO there should be term limits for ALL federal government positions.
I'm talking the from the President on down to the IRS mail clerk.
It has been proven over the last decade or so that institutional power needs to be cut off at the knees.
I'm talking the from the President on down to the IRS mail clerk.
It has been proven over the last decade or so that institutional power needs to be cut off at the knees.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:22 am to oldcharlie8
Nothing, they would just take turns putting their Buddys in office and continuing to run the same scams on the American taxpayer that they run everyday. Our government is a fricking joke.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:22 am to Meauxjeaux
don't you think that, if a person has one more year in office KNOWINGLY, that he or she will get the "don't give a shite syndrome"?
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:22 am to oldcharlie8
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please give me your opinion on the advantages of term limits.
No entrenched politicians based on name recognition only no matter how sorry they are as a politician. Many voters don't care about the politics of a person, just their name.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:23 am to oldcharlie8
Removing the power of incumbency.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:23 am to oldcharlie8
imo, it limits the potential for lobbying and their influence over the officials. I think it could help with all the corruption as well. Also, imo, with term limits, you limit their power.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:24 am to Meauxjeaux
I like a weak federal government.
But think of it this way.
If elected officials are turning over every two to four years, doesn’t that empower the civil service? The people who’ve spent twenty years in federal government working for their respective agencies?
I would argue those people, the permanent state, are more of a problem than the grifters we elect to public office.
But think of it this way.
If elected officials are turning over every two to four years, doesn’t that empower the civil service? The people who’ve spent twenty years in federal government working for their respective agencies?
I would argue those people, the permanent state, are more of a problem than the grifters we elect to public office.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:24 am to Homesick Tiger
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No entrenched politicians based on name recognition only no matter how sorry they are as a politician
to allow someone to be "entrenched" is to keep voting them in.
vote them out.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:25 am to oldcharlie8
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if a person has one more year in office KNOWINGLY, that he or she will get the "don't give a shite syndrome"?
No more than those who assume nigh-permanent reelection is a given. Far less damaging in the long run.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:25 am to oldcharlie8
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to allow someone to be "entrenched" is to keep voting them in.
vote them out.
This is naive.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:25 am to BIGFOOD
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imo, it limits the potential for lobbying and their influence over the officials. I think it could help with all the corruption as well. Also, imo, with term limits, you limit their power.
but, what if a candidate is the best to ever hold office. should we have to watch him/her leave office and just hope?
shouldn't we have the opportunity to keep them in office due to their success?
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:26 am to TbirdSpur2010
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This is naive.
explain
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:27 am to oldcharlie8
quote:Has there ever been one?
but, what if a candidate is the best to ever hold office.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:27 am to oldcharlie8
Being able to pull the lever for whatever candidate you would like is ‘freedom’
It’s nice to have the ability to send someone up to Congress that knows how it’s run and can actually get stuff done for you.
What happens when you have a great Representive that you love the job his is doing for you and all the sudden don’t have the freedom of voting him to keep his job and have to send someone that has to start over from scratch learning how Congress works.
That doesn’t sound like freedom of choice
It’s nice to have the ability to send someone up to Congress that knows how it’s run and can actually get stuff done for you.
What happens when you have a great Representive that you love the job his is doing for you and all the sudden don’t have the freedom of voting him to keep his job and have to send someone that has to start over from scratch learning how Congress works.
That doesn’t sound like freedom of choice
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:28 am to oldcharlie8
Term limits limit the amount of corruption and self enrichment from government that political lifers do simply by limiting their time in the political class.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:28 am to oldcharlie8
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vote them out.
That doesn't work and I explained why. Here's something else, if term limits are good enough to impose on a president then it's sure as heck good enough for those that put the restriction on the president's office also.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:28 am to oldcharlie8
Sheila Jackson "Crown Weave" Lee
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:28 am to oldcharlie8
I propose that you are limited to 12 total years of legislative service. That means any combination of house and senate service:
6 house terms
3 house terms, 1 senate terms
2 senate terms
6 house terms
3 house terms, 1 senate terms
2 senate terms
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:29 am to SuperSaint
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Being able to pull the lever for whatever candidate you would like is ‘freedom’
It’s nice to have the ability to send someone up to Congress that knows how it’s run and can actually get stuff done for you.
What happens when you have a great Representive that you love the job his is doing for you and all the sudden don’t have the freedom of voting him to keep his job and have to send someone that has to start over from scratch learning how Congress works.
That doesn’t sound like freedom of choice
that's kinda why i'm on the fence with term limits.
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