On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:58 AM, John Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Industry capture is actually something that could be prevented by term > limits. > Exactly the opposite is quite possible, actually. As has been pointed out already, large organizations can throw a new person into the election (or large groups of new people even) every time they lose one to term limits (it's not hard when you have 100,000 employees) - small orgs don't have the manpower to do this (they likely only have one person even qualified for the position). Hence term limits could actually help foster industry capture. > > One concern I have is: Its easier to just click yes on the existing > people, instead of looking at new candidates, new ideas, etc. > Fighting laziness with stupidity seems like a losing battle no matter the outcome... > > Is there a place that shows total number of eligible voters and the actual > number of votes received, trended over time. Is the membership well > represented by high turn out, or is the turn out "the same old people, > voting for the same people"" > http://bit.ly/1hqzGVc > > The President of the United States is limited to 8 years. > Many States and City's have term limits on their elected representatives. > Seems pretty democratic to me. > The current United States political system also only allows two candidates to have any kind of fighting chance in almost all major elections - let's not rely too heavily on that example of "democracy." If the U.S. Gov't jumped off a bridge... Cheers, ~Chris > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Discuss > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Discussion Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-discuss > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. > -- @ChrisGrundemann http://chrisgrundemann.com
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