I would like to expand on the first point the writer brings up about term limits for congress. This only states congress but I believe that it needs to go farther than that and place limits on all public offices. Why was John McCain able to run for President after serving our country for 30 years in the Senate and not doing anything?
When our first President, George Washington was elected into office over 200 years ago, after his second election he left for home and became subject to the laws he put into place. In 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran for a third term and a then a fourth term, winning both and becoming the first and only President to be elected to office more than two terms.
This brought to nation to bring into affect the 22nd amendment, No person shall serve as President for more than two terms. This did not have any affect on any other public office. The customary tradition of House and Senate was that one would serve two terms in the House, then perhaps, one or two in the Senate. Following their terms, they would return to be an average citizen and be subject to the laws they put into place.
Going into the new century the perks of being of member of congress, the House, or the Senate are a lot greater than they were during the first century of our country. With the six-figure salaries congress people pull they can pad their nest egg and be treated like royalty. As of 2008, the average House member was elected into office in 1968, since the first Woodstock.
In the early 1990's 23 states voted to put term limits on members of congress, the vote passed 2 to 1. The members of congress came out and said that states can not impose term limits on federal officers.
That sounds like some self-defense to me, these individuals make far to much money, have way to much power, and live above the law. They are the same people making laws from 20, 30 or even 40 years ago. America has proven to vote for the incumbent so for our own sake, we need to have term limits on these people.
They make laws that they do not have to follow, if they were sent back to average citizenship after serving their 3 or 4 terms, there would not be as many kick backs and they would not all be fighting for re-election, they would be fighting for actual change, not this change Obama rambles on about. (oooo was that a shot???)
IM OUT!!!! JaxStevo
Very well done. I was not aware of the average election date for the members of congress. It is interesting to me what you think about having term limits on congress. More specifically are you for term limits within the house and the senate or have an overall term limit in congress?
ReplyDelete