and graft and corruption is the province of experienced politicians. If I remember right, the most recent congressman to resign was a first term republican from California. It seems to me that corruption has nothing to do with term limits. If the politician is corrupt chances are he or she is corrupt in their first term or in their 12th.
larry On 11/5/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > So let me get this straight by having term limits you would get rid of > > experienced politicians and replace them with pols who know very > > little about most areas of government. > > > > I think what he's getting at is that we need a way to remove the grift > and corruption while at the same time getting new ideas into place. > > I don't think term limits, or preventing someone in office from > running for office, is the right way to go, but the goal is right. > > In another post I threw out some ideas such as run-off elections and > federal/state financed elections that I think would help. You've got > to pull out the money without removing the free speech. > > We've a real Fox-watching-the-henhouse thing here. Everybody knows > that both parties could do better, but the only way to get them to do > better is for them to change the system they're profiting from. > Prolly ain't gonna happen. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179992 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
