term limits who thinks we need term limits on all politicans?

Question

part of the problem with the political system in this country is the carrer politicans who are so far removed from the people who vote for them why not put a limit of say 10 years on time you can be in government and not be able to switch from the house to the sennate to stay longer.just an idea

Answer 1

i dont like term limits and if we did not have them then Clinton would still be in office and America would be better for it.

Answer 2

Career politicians are seeking to overturn our constitution, turning America into a democracy. It is a republic with rights delineated by the constitution and limited powers assigned to the government. Congress is already in violation of Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution and the only way we can correct this is to eliminate career politicians.

The real problem in America is stupidity, special interest and/or laziness of the voter. How does a person who takes bribes on video, laughs about the ineptness of the FBI and puts $100K in a freezer get elected 8 times? And then the Senate leaders yell and scream about separation of powers. Yes they are right, it is about their power and even if it is against the law, you will not thwart their power.

You have career politicians running the government, not citizen legislators. Many accuse the career corporate CEO of only working for themselves, not the stockholders. Career politicians are NO different and they seem to think they are above the law and expect preferential treatment. If the only issue to remaining in power is to obtain cash, buy some votes with special interests and have the media spotlight, then the incumbent has it easy, all at your expense.

In the Senate there are:
44 Dems averaging 20.8 years in Congress
55 Reps averaging 16.1 years in Congress

these numbers begin to make it look like career politicians are in control, who have lost touch with you the citizen and are more entrenched in their own careers.

For the Senate, if you were to use two terms or 12 years in Congress as a term limit
25 Dems would need to leave and 25 Reps would need to leave.
Those Dems are averaging 27.1 years in Congress
Those Reps averaging 24.0 years.

Ben Franklin said of congress, "They are of the People, and return again to mix with the People, having no more durable preeminence than the different Grains of Sand in an Hourglass. Such an Assembly cannot easily become dangerous to Liberty. They are the Servants of the People, sent together to do the People's Business, and promote the public Welfare; their Powers must be sufficient, or their Duties cannot be performed. They have no profitable Appointments, but a mere Payment of daily Wages, such as are scarcely equivalent to their Expences; so that, having no Chance for great Places, and enormous Salaries or Pensions, as in some Countries, there is no triguing or bribing for Elections"

If you like the current political system continue voting along partisan lines. If however you are tired of the corrupt ways of elections and would like to see Franklins words be true again, vote for change.

Our country is being run by career politicians who for the most part appear to have lost touch with what you want, and are focused on what they want.

You can change this NOW.
1. Quit your partisan sniping, it is childish and only serves to remove the focus from the real problem in America.
2. Enlist your friends and family in the fight and ask them, if they agree about Congress to do the same.
3. Vote against the person who has 12 or more combined years in Congress
4. This will require in many instances you having to vote for someone outside of your normal party, but you are a patriot and you can do what is right.

Show congress in this next election that we the people are running things in this country, not career politicians. And we are going to do what is right, no more partisan BS.

Answer 3

We should have term limits then reelection wouldn't be all of their top priority. If they want to continue to serve the government in another capacity would be great. but only two terms I say! And they need to go on social security, then that would get fixed and I mean fast. They are too removed from the middle class and slowly but surely going to eliminate it if they are not careful. We need Government reform.

Answer 4

Yes, there should be a term limit. So we would not have senators like Ted Stevens, just one example. Staying in office for that long not only increases the chance of corruption - or being too close to lobbyists, whichever fits - but makes it impossible to campaign against them since they have all the resources. They should not be allowed to stay in office for more han 3 terms.

Answer 5

Corruption comes with time. some bypass in wanting potential and status from the git bypass. maximum of our issues strengthen from elderly politicians like Senator Byrd and others that elect to die in place of work. that's a brilliant ego holiday. With adequate signatures shall we've a countrywide referendum on term limits. Then and purely then will it take place. The politicians won't in any respect vote to decrease their impression.

Answer 6

YES!!!! All the way up from local government to the President. After too many years in office, politicians begin thinking more about their own careers and less about the folks they represent.

Answer 7

I don't think that is the change you're looking for. That is just another law that glazes over the problem caused by the electoral college and the overly powerful democratic and republican parties.

Then, Dems and Reps can claim they addressed the issue, when in actuallity they just sustained the status quo.

We need campaign finance reform.

Answer 8

Even better than term limits would be to elect honest people that aren't either rich or career politicians.
Impossible under our sustem, but it would be nice.