Term limits are critical, but neither party will pass them. They were part of the Republican contract with America 1994, broken contract obviously.
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I’m proud that my town in the middle of ‘blue’ NJ, elected an independent mayor a couple of years ago - a fiscal conservative. It was close, but he won; I supported him with my available resources.
Unfortunately this did not work with the last presidential election nor our current gubernatorial one.
I sent back notes to the RNC and state repub party when they come begging, but they seem to care less.
Term Limits...what brought us to this discussion? How about $158,000 salaries? What about a pension that pays them much of that same salarie once out of office. Oh, and did I mention their health care?
We give candidates incentive to run for office for all the wrong reasons. Take away those reasons and flush out the statesmen..you know those ones who run to actually make a difference.
You get a pledge from a prospective candidate to reduce the salary to the median income for white males (48,000); fund their own retirements like the rest of us; and allow them the same pay-in health care coverage as any other normal Joe. If they even flinch or stall, turn the other way and walk.
The beautiful irony here is that we will NEVER find good candidates if the pay is too lucrative and the benefits to good to turn down. Ask yourself this: Who would want to serve office with what I have described? Not the greedy, that is for sure.