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I don’t think our forefathers ever meant for people to go to Congress for the rest of their lives. I am a firm believer in Term Limits.

2 posted on 06/02/2013 7:38:01 AM PDT by basil (basil --Second Amendment Sisters.org)

We've had term limits here in California for almost 20 years now.

We are almost a totally DemocRAT run state.

The only positive aspect of term limits is it minimizes the number of leeches who receive obscene "retirement" packages when they do finally step down.

7 posted on 06/02/2013 7:41:45 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)

“I don’t think our forefathers ever meant for people to go to Congress for the rest of their lives. I am a firm believer in Term Limits.”

Our forefathers never intended for election to Congress to be a full time job. They expected Congressmen would be prominent members of the community who would have a stake in the vitality of their home areas and know the people they served. Today’s Congressmen are servants of the institutions and wealthy individuals who fund their campaigns. They reside full time inside the beltway where they do not have to rub shoulders with the average citizens of their districts. Most do not own property or businesses in their districts so they have no economic stake in the vitality of their communities. Our legislators have more in common with each other than they have with the people they purport to represent. They behave accordingly.

26 posted on 06/02/2013 8:06:37 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)

28 posted on 06/02/2013 8:19:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)

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