Posted on 08/19/2016 6:37:58 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
For many establishment congressmen of both parties, being elected isn’t a chance to make a difference in the political life of America. It’s a sinecure that allows them to become fat off of special interest money and speaking fees.
Americans of all stripes are frustrated with this attitude, which is part of the reason why anti-establishment Donald Trump got the Republican nomination.
Now, Trump has made a huge move to end congressional sinecures and the politicos who occupy them. According to Associated Press, Trump told an audience in North Carolina that he would look into term limits for Congress if he were elected president.
Trump made the remarks Thursday afternoon while speaking before a group of local law enforcement officers in the swing state. A questioner asked the Republican nominee about it and said he wanted to “get these bums out.”
Trump gave him plenty to look forward to. He told the audience member that, “(w)e’re going to take a very serious look” at establishing term limits.
While it would take a constitutional amendment to accomplish, make no mistake — establishing term limits would arguably be the biggest accomplishment of any president since World War II.
Part of the mess we’re in as a country — especially in terms of debt, deficit and political pusillanimity — has to do with establishment politicians who hang around Washington for half a century or more.
One rarely (if ever) does this because they’re fighting for their constituents. They’re addicted to power and all that comes with it. This power, unfortunately, is often wielded at our expense, particularly when it comes to government spending.
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Yup. Obviously the uniparty does not like it at all.
Which means it is an excellent idea.
Again, all legislative power, according to Article I Section 1 is vested in the Congress.
Congress needs to, by law, take away the law-making power of the bureaucracy. That will, in effect, shrink it...
President has a role to play of course...in effect, enforcing the laws Congress has passed.
I think we need a re-alignment from statists (currently in power in both parties) to a more representative republic-—but we ALSO need a re-alignment of power back to the elected representatives of the people rather than unelected federal agents.
The IRS, the FBI, and the CIA create “fear” in people because they are often allowed to run amuck—without a check on their power. Time for the Congress (esp. the House)—directly elected by the people every two years—to re-grasp that power.
Never
Re-elect
Anyone
If anyone had any remaining doubts about Donald Trump, they should be cleared out by now.
Only a wealthy outsider who loves America would have the courage to bring these issues front and center into a presidential campaign.
EXACTLY.
I have complete faith that when The Donald seeks to remedy an issue he is including all the ancillary minutia required to make it efficacious.
“Term limits are a bad idea. It will limit people’s representation even more.”
“Government will not be term-limited, the executive branch won’t be limited, government bureaucracies and the lifers and ideologues within them will not be limited.”
“Congress already has less power than before. Term limits will just make them even more impotent relative to massive nanny state.”
Term limits are a bad idea whose time has come.
In the days of our Founding Fathers, political offices like President, VP, and Senators were side jobs where people represent their constituents for a period of time before coming back home to do their real jobs.
Now, most people in elected office view their elected offices as their primary jobs and sources of income and will say and do anything to keep their power no matter what their constituents think.
Simply remove the pensions and special benefits. Poof! No more government "lifers".
Then burn the putrid place to the ground.
Along with being subject to the very laws they pass.No exceptions.
A responsible Congress can cut off their money and put them on the street looking for a real job.
Here is the way I see term limits working. Say I, NCC-1701, want to run for a position on The Hill. I win. I have, say, 12 years maximum and the clock is running. That means I could have two Senate terms, six House terms or any combination thereof. After my 12 years THAT’S IT! I can’t lay off a cycle and run for another 12 years max. No, my time is up. Whatever I had wanted to do in that time is over. Go home and find another job.
Oh, piff.
Trump has two of the most essential and useful tools...a bully pulpit and no fear in it's use.
See: Reagan, Ronald.
Fine. But you still need a constitutional amendment to make it happen. The Supreme Court ruled on that about 25 years ago.
What’s more of what Obama is doing?
I think you are reading stuff into the constitution that isn’t there.
The States are free to send whoever they want to a convention of the States. If the President is a citizen of New York then he could obviously be chosen by the State of New York to be one of the delegates to a convention of the States.
The bully pulpit is fine. But it’s the only tool any president has when it comes to changing the Constitution.
The American Bar Association agrees with you. The people behind the Convention of the States movement disagree.
Can this be put on a ballot at state levels for the people to vote on it???
While you're at it, how about banning the insider trading practices...eliminate their ability to generate incredible wealth using information the rest of us aren't privy to.
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