Posted on 02/12/2013 8:51:43 AM PST by goodnesswins
If we restrict terms of elected officials then the real power in the government (state or federal) will be the entrenched bureaucrats to whom the newly elected officials must turn to in order to find out how to run the government. We must therefore also limit terms of the bureaucracy.
But term limits on either group miss the broader problem: government is just too big. It intrudes into too many areas of life that government is not suited by its very nature to deal with. Bureaucrats write far more regulations having the weight of law than Congress passes in the form of just laws. And Congress often passes a law that gives power to the bureaucrats to define even more law via regulations yet to be written. (hello ObamaCare).
Yeah baby! Limit to two terms, they can’t ever be elected to both legislative branches. Pay them more money for the two terms but they don’t get the “golden parachute” when they leave. Enough is enough!
Not term limits. move tax day to the last tuesday in October and a lot of this nonsense would sort itself out.
Robert Byrd, senator 1957-2010
Daniel Inouye, senator 1962-2012
Ted Kennedy, senator 1962-2009
Ted Stevens, senator 1967-2009
Joe Biden, senator 1973-2009
Patrick Leahy, senator 1975-present
Orrin Hatch, senator 1977-present
Thad Cochrane, senator 1978-present
John Dingell, representative 1955-present
John Conyers, representative 1965-present
Charles Rangel, representative 1973-present
Bill Young, representative 1973-present
Don Young, representative 1973-present
Yes, we need term limits. And yes I would support such an amendment. Equal terms for both House members and senators. Either twelve or eighteen years consecutive max.
Eliminate the Electoral college - No. Without it, the smaller states would have no voice - ever. It would be a mob rule. California and NYC would decide for the entire country. All the states in between would be used as their slaves.
I smell a bait-and-switch, or some other way to implement “term limits” in such a way as to allow the Fraud to serve more than 8 years and/or reduce Republicans’ terms.
I want term limits for Senators and Representatives at all levels....not just the Presidency. Why just the Presidency, and not the others? We live in different times. I’d also like to see all Senators and Reps required to stay in their states, and vote from their (electronically)....but, that’s just me. With technology, they don’t all need to be in DC anymore.....except for the bennies, which it seems is what they want. Look at Patty Murray....dumbkoff of Washington...she should have been gone years ago!
Term limits of ONE term...that way; we don’t p*ss away any time on re-election while in office.
If they don’t fulfill the promises they made when elected, they don’t get another term. No nepotism & if convicted of a crime, NO PENSION.
Nope, it’ll never happen, but yes, I would support it as a means of limiting foolishness.
While I agree with that in principle, the low information, low IQ, angry feral adolescents (both chronological and intellectual) now roaming the countryside will soon outnumber the rest of us. They already do in the big blue states.
How about no...
Lets pass a constitutional amendment to limit the government’s activities to those actually listed in the constitution.
The issue of term limits then, resolves itself.
In actual years....WOOOWEEE...
53 years....Robert Byrd, senator 1957-2010
50 years....Daniel Inouye, senator 1962-2012
47 years....Ted Kennedy, senator 1962-2009
42 years....Ted Stevens, senator 1967-2009
46 years....Joe Biden, senator 1973-2009
38 years....Patrick Leahy, senator 1975-present
36 years....Orrin Hatch, senator 1977-present
35 years....Thad Cochrane, senator 1978-present
58 years....John Dingell, representative 1955-present
48 years....John Conyers, representative 1965-present
40 years....Charles Rangel, representative 1973-present
40 years....Bill Young, representative 1973-present
40 years....Don Young, representative 1973-present
Yes, we need term limits. And yes I would support such an amendment. Equal terms for both House members and senators. Either twelve or eighteen years consecutive max.
Maybe. If congress only met every other year for 100 days and all the benefits got pulled, NO.
Without that, I would look at it.
THAT would be great....but would a majority vote for it???
Limit them to being in session 100 days every other year, and no term limits would be fine.
No need for a term limit law.
- Just cut their pay by at least 25%
- Cut their allowable expenses by 75%
- Limit their staffs to about 6 people so they actually have to work
- Do away with their gold plated retirement and medical plans
- Put them on social security like the rest of us
- Pass a law they cannot work as a lobbyist for 10 years after leaving any government office or job
- Pass another law that they have to resign their current office before they can run for a different office
(no more 2 to 3 year presidential campaigns while drawing pay as a senator like Obama and Hillary)
I agree with all of those....BUT....how you going to get them passed?
“...Six terms for a Representative, two terms for a Senator [or combination thereof - 3 in the House, 1 in the Senate]. Twelve years total each....”
That MUST be specified, with no ambiguity, that one individual gets those twelve years ONLY. doesn’t matter how it comes. ONLY TWELVE YEARS to one individual. That’s it. And, after they finish that twelve, they CAN’T take a few years off and come back for more. One individual gets those twelve years max on The Hill. No more. It has to be specified that way.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.