I am 100% in favor of term limits. One term would eliminate all the problems that arise with running for re-election. I also think service in Congress should be voluntary, no salaries or pensions, just basic expenses for staff and travel.
I especially think the Presidency should be one term - maybe extend it to six or eight years, no re-election ever. As for the other agencies, no one should be allowed to serve on the board of government agency that oversees an industry that they have worked in during the previous five years - or maybe ten. And as I've said before, make political parties, PACs and lobbying illegal. Of course, since the lobbyists and PACs own Congress, this will never happen unless the people absolutely demand it. It might happen in the states where the citizens can put propositions on the ballot, if we could figure out a way to block outside money. On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "I think it is a gross conflict of interest that members of > Congressional committees > can accept donations from the industries they oversee." > > Business as usual. If only there was some way to keep this congressmen > from becoming so powerful that they couldn't establish the crony > connections Gee, what could it be? I don't know? > > Could it be . . . Term Limits. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358587 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
