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The bane of free men has always been politics and those earn their living in that "profession."

Ya know, I was never much of a fan of term-limits because I always had this pie-in-the-sky notion that maybe some particular politicians just had a natural talent for governance and shouldn't be limited if they were truly serving the common good, and that any 'change' could be made at the voting booth by We the People. That notion has mottled profoundly in my eyes.

Human nature, in relation to politics and power, just is what it is. Our Founder's got it right the first time, as George Washington 'limited' himself to two terms and that same tradition continued until FDR blew it right out of the water with 4 (count 'em FOUR!) elected terms to office, until a Constitutional Amendment was invoked limiting POTUS back to two terms.

I never thought that I'd ever say this, but Congress should be limited too, given all the outrageous abuses of power which individual members have wreaked upon We the People over the years and decades ... there is no reason for any member of Congress to be a 'career politician' ... none whatsoever ... they lose a complete concept of street level Americans while basking in the vaunted halls of DC.

-- MM

"Ya know, I was never much of a fan of term-limits because I always had this pie-in-the-sky notion that maybe some particular politicians just had a natural talent for governance and shouldn't be limited if they were truly serving the common good, and that any 'change' could be made at the voting booth by We the People. That notion has mottled profoundly in my eyes."

Here is the problem. Some who enter politics may have alturistic motives. My belief is the vast majority don't. Private jets, almost unlimited power and we the people work till we are dead or at least crippled and get tossed a few worthless cookies tossed in our direction.

I don't want government and politicians working for the common good as you say. I want government limited to just the military, border control,police, courts, international issues and that's it. I want government to leave me and private businesses, and the economy, and the common good alone.

In my opinion anyone that thinks that politicians and government should work for the common good is a socialist.For government be able to affect the common good it needs great powers which it uses for evil and oppression. Even if government wanted to do “good” socialism doesn't work so it can't. Government can't compete with small private companies in making electronic consumer products what makes you think government can do anything better than the private sector or at all?

Term limits should apply to ALL offices because men, being the corruptible beings that they are, just can’t seem to resist it.

No matter how pure their motives and desire to do good, it never seems to last. And for the one in a thousand where it does, it’s not worth putting up with unlimited terms with the other 999.