On Monday of this week I
presented part I on this subject and stated but one reason for term limits
beginning in Congress.
Currently we
have an elite class of individuals who hold themselves above the electorate
seemingly wiser than those who have elected them and basically saying to the
citizens of this country, “We know what is best for you” so just leave us alone
and continue to re-elect us and all things will work out in the end.
Well, it ain’t so as we have discovered and
if you haven’t discovered it you are evidently infected by the epidemic which
is sweeping the country called STUPIDITY!
If you don’t like being called stupid, then stop acting stupid and
re-electing the same old same old elites who have proven them selves unworthy
to lead this country or anything else in my opinion.
We have watched for the last
several decades, our so-called elected leaders continuing to kick the can of irresponsible
spending and building of debt and deficit to an unsustainable level.
We have done nothing about it and in fact
have encouraged them by allowing them to stay in office, many for more than two
decades and some for over three decades.
They are entrenched and are looking out for only themselves while
proving the voter to be totally stupid!
By using Article V of the US
Constitution to call a Constitutional Convention it will be fought tooth and nail
by the under informed, the uninformed, those in power and the stupid who
believe that no change can ever be to the Original since it would be a
sacrilege. Yet the Constitution has been
changed over time via amendments, judicial fiat and most recently by executive
order.
Congressional term limits are an
absolute necessity and without them any other changes to the Constitution would
be for naught. With Congressional Term
limits the influence peddling would be minimized and brought at least into
the open. I contend that with term
limits it would no longer be profitable for lobbyist to even exist in their
current form if at all. The profit
motive would be denied to both the lobbyist and those in power under the
influence of the money brokers.
I contend that the next in line
for Term limit change would be the Office of
the President.
Yes, it was done
once upon a time, limiting the holder of that office to two terms but as we
have seen this has not worked as well as it was intended because stupid people
still vote for the one offering the most “goodies”.
I contend that a term of SIX years is enough
for any person holding that office to work their agenda. A one term presidential appointment will
spare the Country and the world the sorry spectacle of a president, paid to
govern, taking months (now years) to peddle his own wares at taxpayer expense
in order to be reelected. A six-year
term is sufficient to carry through an agenda.
If a program is truly worthwhile, and in the people’s interest, it will
be taken up by the next president or dropped if it is not.
The one and only
allegiance will be to the folks who elected him or her, not to a party,
lobbies, friends, family or business interest.
There are other items under the
office of president, which should be reconsidered at the same time as the term
limits for the office are taken up as well. I will offer a few of these in the next
posting. Feel free to make your own
suggestions as well.
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